Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tabaninae 2015-V-21 (= Hybomitra lasiophthalma)
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| John Carr |
Posted on 24-05-2015 02:00
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 Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10454 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Massachusetts, USA May 21, 2015 With hairy eyes and several eye bands this is either a Hybomitra or one of the Tabanus that looks like a Hybomitra. John Carr attached the following image:  [182.76Kb] Edited by John Carr on 24-05-2015 12:36 |
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| Sergiy Filatov |
Posted on 24-05-2015 06:40
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Member Location: Kharkiv, Ukraine Posts: 259 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Hi John! Yes, it's a Hybomitra species. Was it large? With these peculiar spots on the wing membrane I think it should be a male of H.lasiophthalma, at least I came to this result with Teskey's, 1990 keys... |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 24-05-2015 12:40
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Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10454 Joined: 22.10.10 |
Sergiy Filatov wrote: Hi John! Yes, it's a Hybomitra species. Was it large? With these peculiar spots on the wing membrane I think it should be a male of H.lasiophthalma, at least I came to this result with Teskey's, 1990 keys... Thank you. I am not confident using Teskey's keys for male Tabaninae. Wings usually obscure details of the abdominal pattern he uses. In this case the spotted wings in combination with the orange-sided abdomen should be sufficient for ID. |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 27-05-2015 01:22
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Super Administrator Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 10454 Joined: 22.10.10 |
I saw the female today at the same place.
John Carr attached the following image:  [56.44Kb] |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-05-2015 10:15
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19082 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The female is lasiophthalma for sure and the male might very well be also ! Theo |
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