Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Small Empid fly ?

Posted by LordV on 04-10-2008 06:59
#1
Assume this is a small dance fly ?
Taken Yesterday about 4mm body length sitting on a clay flowerpot South coast UK.

Brian V.

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Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-10-2008 07:04
#2
Hybotidae: Tachypeza nubila

Posted by LordV on 04-10-2008 07:14
#3
Paul Beuk wrote:
Hybotidae: Tachypeza nubila


Thanks for the ID Paul :)

Thought Hybotids were more hunch-backed than this ?

Brian V.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 04-10-2008 09:03
#4
Hybotinae, mostly yes, Tachydromiinae (including Tachydromia, Tachypeza, Platypalpus and a few others), no.