Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Greek Empid 001

Posted by Gordon on 01-06-2009 17:03
#1

Wetland Kerkini, Northern Greece, damp platanus woodland at about 400 m ASL, Early May 2009

Posted by pwalter on 01-06-2009 18:37
#2

Hi, we haven't seen Your threads since a while, welcome back! The fly looks similar to Empis (Lissempis) nigritarsis to me but has longer mouthparts...

Posted by Gordon on 03-06-2009 07:53
#3

Thanks P Walter,
I have ben very busy co-ordinating volunteers for a passerine migration survey for three months, they have all been staying with me. Nice job done, but it was exhausting. I will wait and see what paul says about the fly, as he has my empid specimens.

Gordon

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-06-2009 08:46
#4

The subgenus Lissempis has a few Mediterranean species, so it may indeed be another species than nigritarsis, even though that species is recorded from Greece, too.