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Hello,
can somebody help to identify this fly?
Thank you, Marion
Canary Islands, Fuerteventura, March 2010

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another view

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Send it to me please.. (I hope you caught it!). I have to be very careful, but this could maybe be a new species for the Canaries...

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I am sorry to say that I did not caught it. So, I cannot send the fly to you. (I photograph and do not collect.)

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Na dann... nächstes mal besser

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Eumerus purpurariae Baéz, 1982
Incorrectly synonymized with E. etnensis van de Goot, 1964, by Marcos-Garcia & Pérez-Bañón (2000), reinstated by Smit et al. (2004).

John

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I was hoping you came to see this post!
In my papers (like the description by Baez) I read nothing about the reddish spots on T2, while it seems quite clear. That must have caused my confusion.

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All specimens clearly have these reddish orange spots on the abdomen. The description by Baéz is indeed puzzling, to say the least...

John

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Thanks! Some re-description somewhere someday would be nice
But must say, that the broadened basotarsa of leg 3 is quite well visible on the pics.

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There is no redescription, but I gave a comparison with E. etnensis in my Madeira paper, characterizing both species enough for identification.

John

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Yes, I saw that

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Thank you very much!
Difficult to know in advance which specimen are important and require to be collected.
Marion