Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empid with hairy tarsi

Posted by conopid on 29-08-2006 08:26
#1
Hi,
This empid is intriguing with such long hairs on its tarsi. What might it be?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 29-08-2006 08:36
#2
Currently known as Rhamphomyia (Amydroneura) hirsutipes, but it has no clearly associated females and it is virtually always found in company of R. (A.) erythrophthalma that differs only in not having all those hairs. In my opinion it is the same species as erythrophthalma but it has not been synonymised formally, yet (AFAIK).

It is a typical species of late summer and autumn and can be extremely numerous on locations.

Posted by conopid on 29-08-2006 09:35
#3
Many thanks for the ID and notes Paul. Much appreciated. What does AFAIK stand for?
Nigel
Edited by conopid on 29-08-2006 09:36

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 29-08-2006 09:41
#4
conopid wrote:
Many thanks for the ID and notes Paul. Much appreciated. What does AFAIK stand for?
Nigel


As far as I know Smile it's an acronym for As Far As I Know. Wink

Posted by conopid on 29-08-2006 11:13
#5
...you learn something new every day!