Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empid fly ?

Posted by LordV on 08-09-2006 07:59
#1
I assume this is a dance fly ? Taken 07/09/06 South coast UK body length about 5mm

any futher ID ?
Thanks Brian V.

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Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 08-09-2006 08:38
#2
Hi


after all, amazing and stunning photos... as usual!

I would vote for Empididae fly too. Smile

I will take a risk and tell this could be an Empis sp. ?

Posted by Stephen on 08-09-2006 10:05
#3
Sure looks like a Dance Fly to me: big hump-backed thorax, tapering abdomen, round head, and prominent probocis. The only thing that makes me pause is, I have read that the eyes do not meet on Dance Flies. It looks to me like the eyes do meet on this fly.

Posted by Jan Willem on 08-09-2006 12:07
#4
Empididae, no doubt about it! But whether it's Empis or Rhamphomyia I can't see.

Jan Willem