Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empididae, Hybos sp.?

Posted by Paul Beuk on 09-11-2006 08:32
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Hybos culiciformis: Whole surface of mesonotum thinly grey or brownish dusted, at most subshining. Fore and mid legs blackish. Large thoracic setae yellowish.

I think the prey may be a phorid but I am venturing on thin ice (but what can you expect when winter has not yet really set in ;)).