Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Identified as 'Dasyrhamphis ater' by Zeegers

Posted by valter on 13-04-2008 22:00
#1

Location: Portugal (South of)

Date Photo Taken: April 2008

Size: Big

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Edited by valter on 14-04-2008 19:10

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 13-04-2008 22:09
#2

Tabanidae. Tabanus male I think.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 13-04-2008 22:42
#3

no. hairy eyes... point to Hybomitra and not Tabanus.

Posted by valter on 14-04-2008 10:00
#4

Hybomitra --> Which Species?

Size: Big, Big

Info: Always Flying at the same place!

Posted by Zeegers on 14-04-2008 17:13
#5

the eyes are bare, you have been fooled by the hairs on the cheek.

It is a male Dasyrhamphis ater, common in spring at your place.


Theo