Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Some more images from Japan nr 1

Posted by Xespok on 03-03-2005 05:01
#1

Some more images from Japan nr 1
www.diptera.info/forim/5-0198-1.jpg

Posted by Paul Beuk on 03-03-2005 09:34
#2

This is a male horse fly. You may have to wait for when Theo is around to get a further identification. From our European perspective, the pattern on the eyes is very distinctive but maybe there are heaps of Japanese species with similar pattern.

Posted by Zeegers on 04-03-2005 13:08
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Sorry to disappoint you, but I cannot identify this beautiful specimen based on this picture. My knowledge of the Japanese fauna is insufficient.
So I really would need the specimen itself.


Theo Zeegers

Posted by Xespok on 05-03-2005 01:35
#4

Thnaks for your help.

Can you suggest Genus? This was a very small fly for a Tabanidae.

Posted by Zeegers on 05-03-2005 15:53
#5

If you still have the specimen:

Does it have functional ocelli on the vertex ?
Are there any spurs on hind tibiae ?

Otherwise, I dare not even suggest a subfamily ?

It might in Chrysopsinae, but then again, it might be near Atylotus in Tabaninae.


Theo Zeegers

Posted by Xespok on 07-03-2005 03:10
#6

I make only photos, I do not collect specimens.

Posted by Xespok on 14-03-2005 10:27
#7

This images likely shows: Hirosia sapporoensis.