Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empididae (Romania)

Posted by JCobain on 15-03-2022 11:13
#1
Hi everyone,

I think this is Empididae but I couldn't totally rule out Hybotidae. Would anyone else agree this is Empididae?

many Thanks!
Edited by JCobain on 15-03-2022 13:42

Posted by JCobain on 15-03-2022 11:19
#2
closer thorax view

Posted by JCobain on 15-03-2022 11:19
#3
wing view

Posted by John Carr on 15-03-2022 12:57
#4
Empis. Hybotidae do not have long beaks.

Posted by JCobain on 15-03-2022 13:40
#5
John Carr wrote:
Empis. Hybotidae do not have long beaks.


Ah right! Great thanks so much John

Posted by Paul Beuk on 16-03-2022 08:27
#6
Actually, Empis do have a long proboscis but should have a fork on R4+5. The absence of the fork and the presence of the long proboscis thus would indicate Aclonempis, once a subgenus of Rhamphomyia (generally with a shorter proboscis) but now sometimes considered a subgenus of Empis.