Species Empis spectabilis

Female: Head ash-gray ● Palpi yellow ● Antennae long, the first two joints dark chestnut and black-pilose, the third joint black ● Thorax quadrivittate with fuscous, the side vittae much abbreviated ● Coxae reddish, cinerascent towards the base, black-pilose ● Legs rufous, the extreme apex of the femora and the apex of each tarsal joint black, the last tarsal joint wholly black ● Hind femora moderately thickened, the middle and bind femora with small black spines below ● Halteres yellowish ● Wings brownish-red, the costal cell ochraceous, veins dark brown, stigma lighter fuscous; discal cell short, anterior branch of the third vein erect. (1)

"The way the genitalia are bent downward is distinctive." - Isaac Winkler