Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empidae for ID, C Spain --> Empis sp.

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 08-06-2011 06:11
#1
This one was much smaller than the classical Empis I see. I suspect might be another genus and I would like to make sure it doesn't belong to a different family. Any help will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Taken in teh mountains of Madrid on the 21rst of may 2011.
Edited by Piluca_Alvarez on 08-06-2011 21:14

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 08-06-2011 06:11
#2
A more lateral view.

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 08-06-2011 06:12
#3
A more frontal view.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 08-06-2011 12:04
#4
Empis (Empis) sp. Without a proper look at the male genitalia will not try to put a name on it. Too many unknowns in Spain...

Posted by Piluca_Alvarez on 08-06-2011 21:13
#5
Thanks a bunch for your reply, Paul! I am pretty happy to know it is indeed an Empis. What I really wanted was to make sure it wasn't any of the families that are yet well beyond my knowledge!

All the best

Piluca