Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown empidid

Posted by BubikolRamios on 13-05-2010 07:12
#1

body 5 mm, from top with naked eye , looks completely black.

have no idea what it is but looks the same as the one in somebody galery(Dilophus febrilis)

Edited by BubikolRamios on 13-05-2010 12:37

Posted by tim worfolk on 13-05-2010 08:32
#2

Try Empididae.

Tim

Posted by BubikolRamios on 13-05-2010 09:00
#3

Thanks

No clear side shoot in galery, like in my photo, so
Empis sp.

Posted by Sundew on 13-05-2010 12:24
#4

If you change the title of the thread to "unknown empidid" or so, Paul might give you a better ID. (Dilophus belongs a completely different family, Bibionidae, and has no proboscis :)).

Edited by Sundew on 13-05-2010 12:25

Posted by BubikolRamios on 13-05-2010 12:34
#5

Thanks for tip.

Posted by Paul Beuk on 13-05-2010 17:20
#6

I don't have anything better.