Thread subject: Diptera.info :: female Tabanus bovinus, another good candidate --> probably T. sudeticus var. perplexus

Posted by Rupert Huber on 22-06-2025 06:18
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Hi everyone!

The amount of red colour at third antennal segment as seen on the first picture took me to T. sudeticus first, but:

- The tooth on this segment looks more like a knob.
- On the other pictures the red doesn't appear like being on more than the (maybe extended) base of the segment.
- The triangles on the abdomen are clearly concave.
- The eyes look greenish from different perspectives, so that an optical effect is not very probable.

Unfortunately no ventral view, it flew away before I could catch it.

Size fits for both T. bovinus and T. sudeticus

10.6.2025, Germany, Upper Bavaria, Ainringer Moos 5 km west of Salzburg, 430 m a.s.l., coordinates 47.82969,12.92850

Edited by Rupert Huber on 22-06-2025 16:26