Thread subject: Diptera.info :: my first (!) Hippoboscidae - Pseudolynchia canariensis

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-07-2009 13:38
#1
Hi


I saw this one in June 2009... It attached to my hand when I was near river Dão. It was the first hipobboscid I saw here. They are extremely rare in this zone.

I thought in Ornithomyia avicularia... do you agree?

Here the beast:
Edited by jorgemotalmeida on 06-07-2009 21:33

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-07-2009 13:44
#2
another...

Posted by Zeegers on 06-07-2009 21:26
#3
No, Looks quite different.
Need to check.

Might be Pseudolynchia canariensis.

Any pigeons around ?


Theo

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 06-07-2009 21:32
#4
yes. Sometimes they fly near this zone.