Posted by Tony T on 01-06-2009 02:36
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Zeegers wrote:
You have both species in Canada as well, so any help would be great.
Theo
I have a few specimens of
nitidifrons confiformis (identified as
conformis) from Norway that are a good match to the above specimen. Also, if the above specimen was collected in North America it would a 100%
H.n. nuda.
I have not seen any European
lurida but all the NA specimens I have seen are very dark on the abdomen, the specimen in the Tabanidae Gallery on this site
SEE HERE
is typical of NA
lurida and as you can see is quite a bit different from the above fly.