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Dioctria oelandica ??->Dioctria sp.
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Marshy area, close to a stream. South center of Spain. 600 m. 15th june
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D. atricapilla has completely black legs.
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Sorry!! That was a mistake!

I meant D.oelandica
 
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D. oelandica fits better, but I wonder if it's big enough for oelandica (15-20 mm, the biggest of the Dioctria covered in my books of Netherlands, Belgium & Germany):
Wolff, Gebel, Geller-Grimm (2018): Die Raubfliegen Deutschlands
van den Broek, Schulten (2017):Fieldguide to the Robberflies of the Netherlands and Belgium
D. oelandica is a species of deciduous forests. Did you compare the female D. cothurnata

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Oh Yes!, D.cothurnata fits even better, plus it's apparently a wetland species, like the one in the photo. The problem is that both species have distributions restricted north of Pyrenees...
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The proportions aren't right for D. oelandica. A D. cothurnata female is plausible, but it would be unusual to find that species in the center of Spain. So I suspect this is a related, Iberian species.
 
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Thanks a lot Chris!

Then, the best option would be Dioctria spec.
 
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