This Tabanidae was flying at the window; as it was moving, basicosta was not focused, but is clear it has three bands on eyes
Locality: Iberian peninsula: Catalonia: Girona province: Beuda: 31T DG77: 395 masl
Date: 30/07/2014
Habitat: Inside house in an stone oak wood + crops environment
Sex: Female:
Size: unknown, about 15-20 mm
If not T. tergestinus, which other species could be? Or could be not Tabanus?
Thanks in advance,
Rafael
A month before, a similar individual was collected:
http://www.diptera.info/forum/viewthread.php?forum_id=5&thread_id=62354
rafael_carbonell attached the following image:
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)
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