Wood pasture, 790m altitude, Macomer, Sardinia
22nd May 2010, size 18mm
Eyes in life- unbanded, dark green/brown
Other individuals taken at sea-level with brackish conditions
Size plus pattern on abdomen suggests T. autumnalis.
Found throughout Europe, though the Fauna Italia site has 22 Tabanus sp. for Italy it does not list autumnalis!
sd attached the following image:
don't worry, this is autumnalis and if autumnalis is not on the Italian list (i did not check), then there is somehting terrribly terribly wrong with such a list...
I have just received the very sad news that Peter Chandler has died after a fall at home yesterday. I have no other details at the moment. We shall miss him terribly.
Anyone have scans of the Genus Semaranga in:
1)Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera).
2) Andersson, H. (1977 Taxonomic and Phylogenetic studies on Chloropid
Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.
Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)
