Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tabanus sp.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 24-08-2006 01:16
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 Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Taken on 26th July in Valle de los Caidos - Madrid - SPAIN. Tabanus, I think... Tabanidae by sure... conical form of body, big eyes comparing to the body. The first pair of legs seems "segmented"... wing venation very rich with many vein... cross-veins, I think... jorgemotalmeida attached the following image:  [141.63Kb] |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 24-08-2006 01:17
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Above a red car...
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 24-08-2006 19:16
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19296 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Pity we can't see the eyes from front. See my comments at another post. Please make always a frontal picture of the head in living specimens of Tabanidae. This is definitely no ordinary species. That's all I can say. The wing venation is perfectly typical for Tabanidae. As a matter of fact, the wing venation is remarkably uniform throughout the horsefly family. With only very small deviations from the general plan (see for more at Tabanus eggeri) Theo Zeegers |
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 24-08-2006 19:53
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
I have a pic but unfortunately, it is very blurry..  But I hope it is enough to dtermine possible species.... take a look.
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| jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 24-08-2006 19:56
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9296 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Zeegers wrote: Pity we can't see the eyes from front. See my comments at another post. Please make always a frontal picture of the head in living specimens of Tabanidae. This is definitely no ordinary species. That's all I can say. The wing venation is perfectly typical for Tabanidae. As a matter of fact, the wing venation is remarkably uniform throughout the horsefly family. With only very small deviations from the general plan (see for more at Tabanus eggeri) Theo Zeegers It helps if I say that where I found this tabanid, I found too Tabanus glaucopis? see here: http://www.flickr...207939418/ |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 24-08-2006 20:40
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19296 Joined: 21.07.04 |
yes My first thought was ... male Tabanus glaucopis. However, I did not dare to publish this. But now you mention glaucopis: it could very well indeed be the male Thanks Theo |
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