Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tabanidae
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| rogerka |
Posted on 19-02-2008 22:25
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 Member Location: Sweden, Smaland, Sm Posts: 5 Joined: 29.11.06 |
Some ideas about this species of Tabanidae (Hybomitra?) ? The leggs are all black! Finding from southern Sweden 2007-06-19, deciduous tree area on Aegopodium podagraria.
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 20-02-2008 19:25
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19143 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Indeed, Hybomitra micans group. Apparently a male. If you want to know more, I'll need a lateral shot of the head, a frontal one and a pic of the frontal tarsi. Theo |
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| Andre |
Posted on 20-02-2008 23:35
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 Member Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands Posts: 2111 Joined: 18.07.04 |
Or you send any available Tabanidae you collected directly to Theo. Plus he treats you an apple-pie, in case you send him the largest European Tabanidae he's seen so far  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 21-02-2008 18:35
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19143 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Which is very very unlikely to happen (the largest, that is) .... Theoi |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 21-02-2008 19:36
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19143 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Back to the Hybomitra: it is a male aterrima Theo |
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| rogerka |
Posted on 22-02-2008 12:32
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Member Location: Sweden, Smaland, Sm Posts: 5 Joined: 29.11.06 |
Thank?s Theo. I will check the distribution of the species in Sweden. As you wrote in an e-mail to me the species is boreo-alpine. Perhaps it is new to the provinse of Smaland (Sm) Sweden. In any case, it?s not so common in the southern part of SWE.  |
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| rogerka |
Posted on 15-03-2008 10:49
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Member Location: Sweden, Smaland, Sm Posts: 5 Joined: 29.11.06 |
I have sent the Hybomitra to an entomologist at the University of Lund, SWE. He confirmed it to be Hybomitra aterrima var. auripila . It is common in the northen part of Scandinavia but rare in the most southern part of SWE. Male?s are seldom represented in collections. That?s nice! |
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| crex |
Posted on 15-03-2008 11:43
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 Member Location: Sweden Posts: 1996 Joined: 22.05.06 |
Nice to see swedish collectors (you and Viktor) finding their way here also, not just swedish photographers. Intressant fynd!  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 15-03-2008 11:47
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19143 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Good to hear. The golden hairs typical for auripila are not visible on the picture, but this can be due to the angle of light. Auripila is considered to be a good species next to aterrima by most authors. Theo |
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