Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Empis (was "Please ID this fly")
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 28-07-2008 10:29
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 Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
This is the female Empis lookalike feeding on Geranium
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [107.84Kb] Edited by ChrisR on 30-07-2008 08:43 |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 28-07-2008 10:49
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
Certainly an empid of come kind - Paul might know more. Also, could you change the titles to make them more descriptive? It helps readers remember which they have looked at and helps specialists home-in on relevant posts. For instance, if you think it is an empid then just say so in the title - nobody will criticise you if you are wrong  |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 28-07-2008 15:40
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Should be Empis (Xanthempis) sp, a female indeed. Do you have a dorsal shot showing the thoracic pattern?
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 29-07-2008 22:41
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Here is the dorsal photo you requested
Roger Thomason attached the following image:  [187.54Kb] |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 30-07-2008 08:38
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Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Should be trigramma.
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| Roger Thomason |
Posted on 31-07-2008 20:49
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Member Location: Mossbank,Shetland Isles. Posts: 5268 Joined: 17.07.08 |
Thanks for the ID. This is a new species for Shetland, according to the Shetland Entomological Group records only 2 species of Empidae have been recorded here, tessellata and verralli. Roger |
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