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Tabanidae for ID, N Spain
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Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 11-03-2014 19:17
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Found sitting on a rock by ponds near atlantic forest in Gijón, Asturias, coastal N Spain, on 24.08.2013. Reminds me of Tabanus autumnnalis and an odd Atylotus at the same time Help, please!!
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Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 11-03-2014 19:18
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
A dorsal view.
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Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 11-03-2014 19:18
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
A lateral view.
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Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 11-03-2014 19:19
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
A close-up of the head.
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Zeegers |
Posted on 11-03-2014 19:40
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18472 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Definitely Tabanus Do you know how many eyebands (I can see one). Theo |
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Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 11-03-2014 22:05
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
The only one I can see I guess is the one you see Very happy to be sure at least of the genus But won't complain if you can tell me the species too |
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Zeegers |
Posted on 11-03-2014 22:42
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18472 Joined: 21.07.04 |
WEll, I couldn't tell you why it couldn't be T. bromius. So not really a positive ID, but tentative. theo |
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Piluca_Alvarez |
Posted on 12-03-2014 22:05
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Member Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 2431 Joined: 06.11.10 |
Thanks a lot for the tentative ID, Theo It is appreciated all the same These Tabanus are going to drive me mad I have been doing a bit of study and I usually see the band right in the middle of the eye. No idea if this works always this way. I guess it depends on how the light gets on the eye. |
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