Pending ID – Empidinae

Pending ID – Empidinae

#1
Unidentified Hilarini
Early September 2011
Buckland
Empididae

#2
Unidentified Empidinae
Mid April 2015
Marion Bay
We place these on wing venation features seen, though the unusual forward projecting proboscis of the male makes this placement perhaps dubious?

#3.1
Early November 2020
Franklin
A slow flying empidid. Body length around 4.4mm.

#3.2
Early October 2021
Sisters Beach

#4
Male, perhaps Hilarini by the fore leg basitarsi appearing modified? The holoptic eyes though not typical.
Late September 2014
Binalong Bay

#5
Probably a male with the long phallus is enclosed in a sheath
Mid November 2022
Lake Dobson
Identification and information thanks to Isaac Winkler.
IMG 5130  IMG 5131  IMG 5132