Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Empididae - Empis cf. stercorea

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 19-05-2007 22:19
#1
Hi

* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.05.19
* size - 6 mm (medium fly)
* habitat - farmland and near river..
* substrate - tall grass


EDIT ---> Title changed from "Empididae" to "Empididae - Empis cf. stercorea"
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 24-05-2007 10:36

Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-05-2007 10:15
#2
Empis (Xanthempis), maybe stercorea?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 20-05-2007 11:43
#3
i can take more photos. I have the specimen. Which are the definitive characters for Empis stercorea? note... if the species is confirmed.. it is new for iberian peninsula (if nobody appointed it since 2002).

Posted by igor on 20-05-2007 12:27
#4
Hi,
Dorsal view image woud be best.;)
Regards,
Igor

Posted by Paul Beuk on 20-05-2007 19:00
#5
Or a male in lateral view, so we can see the genitalia. :)