Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another Rhamphomyia? (19.04.09)

Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-04-2009 00:32
#1

Hello!

A 9 mm Empididae with rather broad wings. From a hedge (northwest Germany). Also Rhamphomyia?

Posted by igor on 23-04-2009 00:38
#2

Yes, another Rhamphomyia sp., female

Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-04-2009 00:43
#3

Hello, Igor!

igor wrote:
Yes, another Rhamphomyia sp., female


And thanks for the fourth time! :) Good night!

Posted by Paul Beuk on 23-04-2009 07:22
#4

Dark, broad wings and relatively big. I don't know any Rhamphomyia currently about fitting this one. However, it appears there are forks in vein R4+5 with the anterior branch rather vague. That would fit with Empis borealis...

Posted by Juergen Peters on 23-04-2009 19:10
#5

Hello, Paul!

Paul Beuk wrote:
Dark, broad wings and relatively big. I don't know any Rhamphomyia currently about fitting this one. However, it appears there are forks in vein R4+5 with the anterior branch rather vague. That would fit with Empis borealis...


Thanks! I did not see the Empis fork, so I thought it must be Rhamphomyia. Also because I knew R. marginata with even broader wings.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 24-04-2009 10:18
#6

There are some Rhamphomyia with similar broadening of the wing, but these species are much smaller.