Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Turkish Hybomitra
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 01-10-2006 12:24
#1
Bited Dima early morning on the beach.
Antalia, 9-10 mm, 01 okt.
Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-10-2006 17:38
#2
It's not a
Hybomitra (no ocellar tubercle). I thought at first this might be a female
Tabanus glaucopis, but it seems a bit small, so could be one of the other species in this group, like
T. fraseri.
Posted by Zeegers on 01-10-2006 18:42
#3
This is the female of T. obsolescens (see male)
Theo
Posted by Tony Irwin on 01-10-2006 19:58
#4
Theo - My literature on Eastern European tabanids is limited (and out-of-date!). Did Chvala
et al get
obsolescens and
fraseri mixed up? Their descriptions and figures would suggest that this is
fraseri. :| I'm confused.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 01-10-2006 21:04
#5
Thank you Tony and Theo. After two month without Tabanidae I've forget who is who (Tabanus/Hybomytra:()
Nikita
Posted by Zeegers on 01-10-2006 21:21
#6
Well, near Moscow eyes with 3 bands = Hybomitra, but not in Turkey !
The eyes are bare, not hairy, which is hardly ever so in Hybomitra.
So, Hybomitra has, as a rule, hairy eyes and 3 bands.
Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 01-10-2006 21:23
#7
Thank you Theo.