Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empid ?
Posted by John Bratton on 25-02-2017 19:12
#1
I think this s an empid but the genus it came to using Collin's book was clearly wrong. Any help would be much appreciated.
The wing pattern looks fairly distinctive.
It is in alcohol.
John
Posted by John Bratton on 25-02-2017 19:13
#2
It is from oak woodland in North Wales, UK, 31 May 2016.
Posted by John Carr on 25-02-2017 19:36
#3
Subfamily Clinocerinae.
Posted by John Bratton on 28-02-2017 16:40
#4
Thanks for that. So I was in the right part of the book. I'm not sure whether the front legs are "raptorial" but either way it doesn't seem fit anything in Collin. The stigma is wrong for Chelifera. If they are not raptorial, then long dorso-centrals lead to Chamaedipsia but there is no bristle on the front of the fore femora in the apical third and no mention of wing pattern.
Posted by John Carr on 28-02-2017 16:49
#5
On second thought, this may be one of the genera moved into Brachystomatidae. It's similar to
Heleodromia except for forked R4+5.
Posted by igor on 28-02-2017 18:35
#6
Clinocera fontinalis (female)
Posted by John Bratton on 01-03-2017 11:42
#7
Thanks very much. I'll go back to the key and see where I went wrong.
John