Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hilara (Empididae) from 20.04.17 --> no Hilara, Empis

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-04-2017 19:37
#1
Hello,

are Hilara generally not identifiable from photos? This 3.5 mm male is from a gate over a forest path (northwest Germany).
Edited by Juergen Peters on 29-04-2017 20:13

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-04-2017 19:37
#2
Pic #2 (some other details in focus).

Posted by John Carr on 29-04-2017 19:50
#3
Empis.

Hilara males are dichoptic and the shape of vein R4 is different.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 29-04-2017 20:08
#4
Hello John,

John Carr wrote:
Empis.
Hilara males are dichoptic and the shape of vein R4 is different.


very interesting, thanks! I thought the swollen forelegs were characteristic for Hilara. :S

On the same day I photographed another male in our garden, but I did not post it here, because the picture was so bad.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 02-05-2017 18:47
#5
Hello one more time,

is a closer ID of the Empis possible?