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Hi everyone !

I just wondered what happened to this Empididae when I saw it first time : thought some elephant had to crush its abdomen.

But since then, I met several other specimens with such curious abdomen apex, so I came to the conclusion they should be males exhibiting genitalia ;)

This one came to light, on 19th april 2009 in my garden, in Fragnes (Burgundy, France). It was av. 10 mm long.


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This one should be some Empis, right ?
Is it possible to determine species ?

Thanks

Benoit

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Empis (Xanthempis) trigramma (M).
Regards Roger

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Many thanks Roger ! :)

Are there easy-to-see criterion you could explain us ?

Greetings

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Yellow Empis with three black stripes on yellow background. Genitalia are specific as well.

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Thanks Paul !