Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanus to id
Posted by Rui Andrade on 05-06-2008 01:35
#1
Does anyone know which species this could be?
location: Salreu, Portugal
date: 03/06/2008
Posted by Zeegers on 05-06-2008 19:34
#2
No.
It's a male Hybomitra, impossible to ID from a picture. Alas.
This one is consistent with bimaculata.
Theo
Posted by Rui Andrade on 05-06-2008 23:41
#3
Thank you Theo. How do you separate Tabanus from Hybomitra? They look very similar.
Posted by Zeegers on 06-06-2008 08:46
#4
When the eyes are hairy and have 2-3 bands, you'll have either Hybomitra or a Tabanus of the quatuournotatus-group. Last don't have large reddish sides of the abdomen, as a rule.
Theo
Posted by Rui Andrade on 06-06-2008 16:29
#5
Ok, understood, thanks again:)