Thread subject: Diptera.info :: male Tabanidae from Bavarian Alps (3 pics)
Posted by Rupert Huber on 14-06-2015 19:57
#1
Hello to all!
Any idea what species this is?
13.6.2015, Germany, Upper Bavaria, Mangfallgebirge, Wallberg, about 1450m a.s.l., length 16mm
Posted by Rupert Huber on 14-06-2015 19:58
#2
2nd pic
Posted by Rupert Huber on 14-06-2015 19:58
#3
3rd pic
Posted by Sundew on 14-06-2015 22:01
#4
It is a
Hybomitra, looks like
H. micans. Theo should confirm or reject, however...
Regards, Sundew
Posted by Sergiy Filatov on 15-06-2015 00:40
#5
Definitely Aterrima group. I'd rather suggest H. caucasica - it should be common in the mountains of Central Europe. However the palpi are not brown and the abdomen is not entirely black. So might be H. aterrima after all...
Let's wait Theo for more definite answer ;)
Posted by Zeegers on 16-06-2015 12:30
#6
It is pretty dark, pity we cannot judge the wing colouration accurately, but I think it is H. aterrima.
You can nicely see some golden hairs, as already noted by Sergiy, which again illustrates that there are intermediate forms between auripila and aterrima s.s. (hence: aterrima and not caucasica).
theo
Posted by Rupert Huber on 16-06-2015 19:21
#7
Thank you all, especially Theo of course, for ID.