Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanus bovinus? (3 pics)

Posted by Rupert Huber on 14-06-2025 07:17
#1

Hi everyone!

Is this male a Tabanus bovinus?

Tabia pale, eye facets not enlarged (at least by far not as in T. sudeticus), 3rd antennal segment with only blunt tooth and only red at base, abdomen triangles look at least slightly concave, general pattern fits.

Size appeared a bit smaller than T. sudeticus to me, but probably in the range of it.

13.6.2025, Germany, Upper Bavaria, Kohlstatt near Bergen, northern slope of Mt. Hochfelln, about 800 m a.s.l., coordinates 47.77496,12.55472

Posted by Rupert Huber on 14-06-2025 07:17
#2

2nd pic

Posted by Rupert Huber on 14-06-2025 07:18
#3

3rd pic

Posted by eklans on 14-06-2025 09:34
#4

I'm quite sure: male Tabanus bovinus is correct.

Posted by Rupert Huber on 14-06-2025 18:54
#5

Hi Eric! Once again thanks for confirming!

Posted by Juergen Peters on 14-06-2025 21:22
#6

Wow! That species is told to be nearly extinct in Germany.