Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis?

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2006 18:09
#1
Hello!

Can this medium sized Empid (about 10 mm) be determined to species level? Thanks! Found yesterday in Ostwestfalen/Germany.
Edited by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2006 18:09

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 18-05-2006 18:24
#2
Juergen, I've made so many mistakes in Empididae ID here, so one more doesn't change too much in my bad reputationGrin
No, it is Rhamphomyia, I think.
Nikita

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2006 18:55
#3
Hello, Nikita!

Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
No, it is Rhamphomyia, I think.


Thanks!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 18-05-2006 21:50
#4
Nikita Vikhrev wrote:
Juergen, I've made so many mistakes in Empididae ID here, so one more doesn't change too much in my bad reputationGrin
No, it is Rhamphomyia, I think.
Nikita

LoL, there is another one I'm afraid: Empis (Xanthempis) cf. punctata. This particular build does not occur in Rhamphomyia, but I must admit that the fork is barely visible in this picture.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 18-05-2006 22:57
#5
Hello, Paul!

Paul Beuk wrote:
LoL, there is another one I'm afraid: Empis (Xanthempis) cf. punctata. This particular build does not occur in Rhamphomyia, but I must admit that the fork is barely visible in this picture.


Thank you, too! Not easy those Empididae... (For me nearly every family is difficult, yet ;-)).