Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Dolichopodidae ID help please

Posted by Barbara Cooper on 19-02-2019 09:45
#1

Is it possible to ID this fly from 04-05-2018? It was photographed by a pond in Leicestershire, UK.
I think it's a male Argyra sp.

Posted by Barbara Cooper on 19-02-2019 09:48
#2

Another view.

Posted by Tony Irwin on 19-02-2019 10:10
#3

Looks like Argyra diaphana - note the hairs covering the scutellum. Other species are bare on the scutellum disc.

Posted by Barbara Cooper on 19-02-2019 10:31
#4

Thanks Tony. I'll submit it to NatureSpot.