Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanus... rectus

Posted by Zeegers on 07-01-2019 17:55
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The black antenna, shape of callus and lack of eyeband clearly indicate this is a large species.
On the second pic, the spots on abdomen are white. Also the shape is diagnostic:

female Tabanus rectus..

This is the first pic to my knowledge of a living animal showiing its eye colouration. Hence the fuss. Eye colouration is as in bovinus, contra sudeticus.

Very nice indeed.

Theo