Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanidae - Dasyrhamphis ater?

Posted by javig on 04-08-2007 09:38
#1

Granada, Southern Spain, 800 m. June 6, 2007

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Can anyone confirm Dasyrhamphis ater?

thx

Posted by Tony T on 04-08-2007 20:58
#2

Looks a lot darker than the specimen in the Gallery but keys out to this species in 'The Horse Flies of Europe'

Posted by Zeegers on 05-08-2007 08:32
#3

The darkening in the wing is very variable in Dasyrhamphis ater.
The two pictures mentioned represent more or less both extremes.

Theo Zeegers