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 Empididae? -> Rhamphomyia
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| Michael Becker |
Posted on 26-02-2012 07:01
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Member Location: Germany, Neuss Posts: 1268 Joined: 16.01.07 |
Hello, I am not fully sure here with the family. This ~9mm fly is from last april from a valley in south east Sicily. Can the genus or the species be identified? Thanks, Michael Michael Becker attached the following image:  [31.99Kb] Edited by Michael Becker on 27-02-2012 05:56 |
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| mossnisse |
Posted on 26-02-2012 09:23
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 Member Location: Sweden, Umeå Posts: 442 Joined: 19.01.12 |
Empididae is correct, the family Hybotitdae is similar and i would say that the division between Empididae and Hybotidae is dubious. There are 3 huge genera and many small genera i Empididae. The huge ones are Empis, Hilaria and Rhampomyia. Empis and Hilare has a fork in vein R4+5 that is missing in Rhampomyia so i think it is Rhamphmyia |
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| Michael Becker |
Posted on 27-02-2012 05:55
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Member Location: Germany, Neuss Posts: 1268 Joined: 16.01.07 |
Thank you for your explanation. Michael |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 27-02-2012 11:45
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Actually, I think the fork *is* present and that would make it empis, but from this single image I cannot even say which subgenus.
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