Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Stomoxys calcitrans ?

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-02-2007 13:41
#1

Hi



* locality - Silgueiros - Viseu - PORTUGAL
* date - 10.01.2007
* size - medium size
* habitat - farmland
* substrate - brick


Stomoxys calcitrans? female?

Thanks.

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 12-02-2007 13:46
#2

dorsal view

Posted by Nikita Vikhrev on 12-02-2007 14:24
#3

There is only one Stomoxys in Europe (so far) and it is S. calcitrans.

Posted by gduvallet on 12-02-2007 15:01
#4

Hi,
Yes this is a Stomoxys calcitrans. But I am not sure it is a female. The frontal index (space between eyes on total length of an eye) on your specimen could be a male's one. For a female the frontal index is between 0.5 and 0.6, for a male around 0.3-0.4 (Zumpt, 1973).
Best Wishes,
Gerard