Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanidae female fly - Haematopota pluvialis
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 23:39
#1
Hi
* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 2007.04.22
* size - 10 mm (large fly)
* habitat - woodland, near river
* substrate - air :)
* temperature - 30 ?C
This fly tried to bite me, but I catched it first :) It is a tabanid female - so she wanted sucked me.. :o the male only like sucks nectar, not blood. ;)
It is a very impressive fly to see moving and it is alive yet. ;)
Haematopota sp. (perhaps pluvialis, but I don?t know the characters for species in Haematopota sp.
EDIT ---> Title changed from "Haematopota sp." to "Haematopota cf. pluvialis"
NEW EDIT ----> Title changed from "Haematopota cf. pluvialis." to "Haematopota cf. eugeniae / ocelligera"; final change to Tabanidae female fly - Haematopota pluvialis
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 25-04-2007 17:27
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 23:39
#2
ANOTHER VIEW...
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 23:40
#3
another view
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 23:43
#4
another..
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 22-04-2007 23:48
#5
lateral view
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-04-2007 01:38
#6
lateral view.
Posted by Stephane Lebrun on 23-04-2007 09:22
#7
It is
Haematopota irwini. Look at Tony's avatar :D.
Regards.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-04-2007 10:37
#8
thanks.
so... why there are no photos of this fly in diptera gallery? :)
but which are the differences between this and H. pluvialis species?..
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 23-04-2007 11:38
#9
Hi guys!
Stephan only meaned "Haematopota looks like H. on Tony's avatar":D
As for species, Jorge may be quite right with H.pluvialis, but there are Tabanidae experts at our forum...
Nikita
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-04-2007 11:40
#10
:D lol
let?s go wait for Tony and Theo to confirm the pluvialis or not. ;)
Posted by Zeegers on 23-04-2007 17:07
#11
Well, I have my reservations.
Much too black-and-white for pluvialis.
Looks more like eugeniae or ocelligera.
Need to check my notes
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 23-04-2007 17:25
#12
ok. I?m waiting eagerly for the final veredict. :)
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 18:01
#13
for more...
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 18:03
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 18:04
#14
ventral view
we can see clearly the many spiracles.
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 18:13
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 18:05
#15
head profile almost 4:1... :D
Posted by Zeegers on 24-04-2007 18:33
#16
Hi Jorge
I found my notes.
Can we get a dorsal picture of the abdomen ?
Thanks
Theo
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 18:36
#17
yes. Wait just a little more. :)
I will put now a tachinid fly in next thread.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 20:17
#18
dorsal view - closed wings
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 20:20
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 20:18
#19
dorsal view - opened wings
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 24-04-2007 20:20
Posted by Zeegers on 25-04-2007 16:40
#20
Yes, thank you.
I'm not sure, it is either ocelligera or pluvialis.
the lights ad colouration are so varying, depending on the flash, that I've got the feeling I've been tricked by some pictures (the scutellum is quite white in some, while quite dark in the last ...).
So, it might be pluvialis after all. Sorry...
Theo