Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanus lunatus
Posted by valter on 06-06-2016 10:56
#1
Location: Portugal
Date: June 2016
This one is very similar to the other - is the same species?
Edited by valter on 07-06-2016 12:22
Posted by Zeegers on 06-06-2016 17:14
#2
Frons is way too broad.
Eyes, again, look hairy ??
Theo
Posted by valter on 06-06-2016 19:50
#3
Zeegers wrote:
Frons is way too broad.
Eyes, again, look hairy ??
Theo
Eyes don't look hairy.
Posted by Zeegers on 07-06-2016 11:32
#4
I disagree.
It is the female of T.l unatus and (hence) the eyes are hairy.
Theo
Posted by John Carr on 07-06-2016 12:17
#5
The small, white spots under the lowest red band on the right in the first picture are hairs.
Posted by valter on 07-06-2016 13:34
#6
John Carr wrote:
The small, white spots under the lowest red band on the right in the first picture are hairs.
Yes, they are!
But I thought the full eyes are not hairy!
Posted by John Carr on 07-06-2016 13:55
#7
Unless a key asks about patterns of hairs or hairs in specific locations, you should consider the eye haired if it has any conspicuous hairs. The hairs are only clearly visible in the right light (top photo) or as a haze around the eye (bottom photo).