Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanidae: Atylotus rusticus or fulvus? > female A. rusticus
Posted by sylvester_k on 25-07-2019 07:05
#1
Insect found in central Poland at the end of June
Edited by sylvester_k on 30-07-2019 21:19
Posted by sylvester_k on 25-07-2019 07:06
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Another view
Posted by eklans on 25-07-2019 09:45
#3
Hi, A. fulvus, I think, as it's thorax is covered with golden hair and more than the tips of the femora are yellow.
Eric
Posted by sylvester_k on 25-07-2019 18:33
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eklans wrote:
Hi, A. fulvus, I think, as it's thorax is covered with golden hair and more than the tips of the femora are yellow.
Eric
Makes sense. Thank you for confirming.
Posted by Zeegers on 29-07-2019 11:24
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I disagree.
The third antennal segment is too elongated for fulvus and the hairs on thorax are silvery, not golden ( compare a fulvus from the gallery !). The colouration of femora is disturbingly in between fulvus and rusticus.
To me, a female rusticus.
Theo
Posted by sylvester_k on 30-07-2019 21:22
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Zeegers wrote:
I disagree.
The third antennal segment is too elongated for fulvus and the hairs on thorax are silvery, not golden ( compare a fulvus from the gallery !). The colouration of femora is disturbingly in between fulvus and rusticus.
To me, a female rusticus.
Theo
Thank you. I think the light made the thoracic hair look more golden than there were.