Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis pennipes?

Posted by jonas on 26-09-2009 19:03
#1
From june 2009, ostend, belgium.

Empis pennipes? I'm not shure, I saw many pictures of E. pennipes and I don't know if there are simular flys? And I don't have the right literature..

Thanks in advance,
bye
J

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Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-09-2009 19:12
#2
I cannot see all the details but I'd say that the mouthparts are not long enough. Neither can I really see what it's size is. If you still have it and are willing to send it to me, I can have a look at the actual specimen.

Posted by jonas on 26-09-2009 19:26
#3
Hi,

the yellow line in the background is 1 cm, but it is not fully shown. The fly itself is around 50mm long.

I will send you a mail.

Thanks allready!
Bye, Jonas

Posted by Paul Beuk on 26-09-2009 22:44
#4
:o 50mm? more like 5 I'd say... ;)

Posted by igor on 26-09-2009 23:17
#5
Hi,
This should be E. aestiva Lw., it is common in Oostende as I have seen.
Best regards.
Igor Shamshev

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-03-2010 13:44
#6
It IS Empis aestiva. It was the most common empid species of in the two Malaise trap samples I examined. The most common hybotid in the two samples was Platypalpus albiseta. In all, 10 species of Empididae and 17 species of Hybotidae were found.