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Hi,
These Empis flies are active at the moment, and the key https://www.dipte...(2017).pdf does not bring me to a result. The female has pennate hind femora and distinctly hairy hind tibiae, so perhaps Paul is able to put a name on it or finds out to which group it belongs. The locality is southwestern Germany, 20 km west of Stuttgart.
Thanks in advance, Sundew

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Some more pics (the fly climbed on a plastic duster meanwhile)

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Probably from the group with Empis nigripes, tricky even under the microscope.

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Empis nigripes complex is fine, thank you! I see where I went wrong in the key: I thought the dark thorax stripes to be between the lines of bristles, not along them. Sometimes it is difficult to decide!