Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Hair on the legs - Empis sp.?

Posted by Maik Hausotte on 13-05-2020 21:48
#1
Hello,
is this Fly from today (Saxony) a Empis species?
Thanks for your help,
Maik

Photo: Leipzig, Germany/Saxony, 13.05.2020

Posted by Sundew on 13-05-2020 23:35
#2
Empis it is (try the key to the genera by Hackston https://www.dipte...(2015).pdf!), but the pictures show too few details.
I think I saw the same species recently and now posted it here https://diptera.i...d_id=95084. Though my pictures are better they might still be insufficient, I am afraid. If Paul is able to name a group or even a species, you are invited to participate in the name!
Regards, Sundew

Posted by Paul Beuk on 14-05-2020 09:13
#3
Compare with Empis nuntia

Posted by Maik Hausotte on 14-05-2020 17:42
#4
Fantastic (Empis cf. nuntia)! Thank you very much for the help. Best regards, Maik

Posted by Sundew on 14-05-2020 22:30
#5
So our two females belong both to the Empis nigripes complex but are different species. Now I recognize a difference: the legs of your flies are brownish, mine has black ones. Well, Paul is the best!