Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tiny Empid

Posted by Susan R Walter on 21-05-2006 20:46
#1
Is this some sort of tiny Empididae sp? Female, 4mm, on flowering Myrrhis odorata Sweet Cicely, at Preston Montford Field Studies Centre, near Shrewsbury, north west England, 16 May 2006. The hind femora seem distinctive, but I can't find anything that matches.
Edited by Susan R Walter on 21-05-2006 21:01

Posted by Susan R Walter on 21-05-2006 20:47
#2
Likewise, the wing venation seems distinctive, but I can't find anything that matches closely enough.

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 21-05-2006 21:26
#3
Hi Susan.
I think - Hilara sp.
Nikita

Posted by Paul Beuk on 21-05-2006 21:29
#4
LoL, no, there we go again: R4 is runs almost straight to the wing margin.

A small species of Empis. Based on these images I will not hazard a guess. It is a female though, as can be seen from the rather pointed tip of teh abdomen and pennation on the legs.