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