Posted by sd on 25-07-2010 13:24
#1
Coastal lagoons, Oristano, Sardinia
21st May 2010, size 14mm
Eyes in life- dark green/brown, 3 bands
Reddish antennae, narrow frons suggests
Hybomitra ciureai
Neither Fauna Europaea nor Fauna Italia list any
Hybomitra sp. for Sardinia, though
ciureai would be expected I think?
H. longipalpis (Kröber, 1923)is listed for Sicily on the Fauna Italia site but I cannot find a description or key for this species (any tips, Theo!? )
Posted by Zeegers on 25-07-2010 20:04
#3
SD, you are doing excellent !!
Ciureai it is.
Longipalpis Krober is a spooky species, the type is supposedly lost (bombing of Hamburg) and in my humble opinion it might even be a male of Tabanus bifarius (= tenuicornis sensu Chvala).
So follow the group and forget about longipalips.
Theo