Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empis (was "Please ID this fly")
Posted by Roger Thomason on 28-07-2008 10:29
#1
This is the female Empis lookalike feeding on Geranium
Edited by ChrisR on 30-07-2008 08:43
Posted by ChrisR on 28-07-2008 10:49
#2
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 :)
Posted by Xespok on 28-07-2008 15:40
#3
Should be Empis (Xanthempis) sp, a female indeed. Do you have a dorsal shot showing the thoracic pattern?
Posted by Roger Thomason on 29-07-2008 22:41
#4
Here is the dorsal photo you requested
Posted by Xespok on 30-07-2008 08:38
#5
Should be trigramma.
Posted by Roger Thomason on 31-07-2008 20:49
#6
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