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Unknown Empis sp. --> Empis (Leptempis) variegata.
Bernd Rottenburger
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Posted on 20-04-2024 19:13
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I spotted this 10-13mm fly on a meadow in Germany, Baden Württemberg.
Can the fly be identified?

Thank you and best regards
Bernd
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i think it's a male Empis (Leptempis) variegata.

...Coxae dusted grey. Six scutellar setae (B, NL, D, CS, A, USSR: CET)...variegata Meigen, 1804 from:
https://diptera.i...d_id=33720
Greetings, Eric Kloeckner
 
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Hello Eric,
Thank you very much. E.variegata I had after comparing pictures on the Internet also in suspicion.

Best regards,
Bernd
 
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