thx TO eklans

@Tony Irwin Thank you Tony! I've emailed you there

Rob - can you PM me with an e-mail address, and I'll send it over.

Hello chaps! Does anyone have a copy of: Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas ?? I'd be ever so grateful! Rob

The part that got deleted is "longer, dark median stripe on thorax"

You are correct, the copula also is phragmitidis. Corrected in the Gallery.

... look identical to me, the pictures of L. nigropunctata don't have the black spot on the scutellum and lack the other features you described.

Thank you for the answer Maks! Unfortunately the second part of your message seems to be deleted? I looked at the pictures of the 2 species in the gallery, are they correctly identified? Because they

@FliegenFranz Apart from differences of the hypopygium and ovipositor L. nigropunctata has darkened wing tips, mostly dark front femora, a black spot/stripe on the scutellum and a more pronounced, lon

What's the difference between Limonia nigropunctata and L. phragmitidis? Can someone help me? Thanks