Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Xanthempis

Posted by conopid on 19-03-2022 18:51
#1

This looks to be Empis s.g. Xanthempis with no axillary lobe. It has a short first antennal segment which theoretically leads only to E. scutellata in the European fauna. It clearly is not that species. Can anyone suggest what this may be?

One wing has a radial fork.
Lincoln, UK
about 5mm length

Edited by conopid on 19-03-2022 18:53

Posted by conopid on 19-03-2022 18:53
#2

thorax dorsal:

Posted by conopid on 19-03-2022 18:54
#3

radial fork on one wing: