Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 24

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 5,068
· Newest Member: Francierlem Fonseca
Forum Threads
Newest Threads
· which Platypeza?
· Tipuloidea
· Drosophilidae
· Platypezidae > Seri ...
· Delia platura (04.09...
Hottest Threads
· Portraits of amat... [338]
· Fly bubble blowing [172]
· Ariasella lusitan... [105]
· Pinning flies and... [94]
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Juergen Peters00:33:44
· weia01:18:39
· Carnifex01:23:27
· libor02:53:24
· Nacho Cabellos04:45:59
· piros05:14:49
· ESant05:59:50
· Jan Maca06:22:59
· Raimo06:35:32
· eklans08:03:03
Latest Photo Additions

Tabanus glaucopis (f...

Tabanus glaucopis (f...

Tabanus cordiger (fe...

Tabanus cordiger (fe...

Tachytrechus notatus...

Tachytrechus notatus...

Tachytrechus notatus...

Tachytrechus notatus...

Tabanus glaucopis (f...

Tabanus cordiger (fe...
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Print Thread
Tabanus → Philipomyia aprica.
christoophe
#1 Print Post
Posted on 08-12-2024 11:35
User Avatar

Member

Location: France Provence
Posts: 1995
Joined: 06.02.08

 Collected in Switzerland (Kanton Graubünden).
christoophe attached the following image:


[173.82Kb]
Edited by christoophe on 09-12-2024 07:54
 
christoophe
#2 Print Post
Posted on 08-12-2024 11:35
User Avatar

Member

Location: France Provence
Posts: 1995
Joined: 06.02.08

 2
christoophe attached the following image:


[192.04Kb]
 
christoophe
#3 Print Post
Posted on 08-12-2024 11:36
User Avatar

Member

Location: France Provence
Posts: 1995
Joined: 06.02.08

 3
christoophe attached the following image:


[192.14Kb]
 
christoophe
#4 Print Post
Posted on 08-12-2024 11:36
User Avatar

Member

Location: France Provence
Posts: 1995
Joined: 06.02.08

 4
christoophe attached the following image:


[164.16Kb]
 
libor
#5 Print Post
Posted on 08-12-2024 19:34
Member

Location: western Bohemia
Posts: 1291
Joined: 30.05.09

 Tabanus sudeticus, due to orange third antennal segment with well developed dorsal angle.
Libor
 
christoophe
#6 Print Post
Posted on 08-12-2024 20:48
User Avatar

Member

Location: France Provence
Posts: 1995
Joined: 06.02.08

 This species is really very variable. The size of this specimen is less than 20mm. Yes the antennae are those of sudeticus.
Thanks
 
Zeegers
#7 Print Post
Posted on 08-12-2024 22:24
Member

Location: Soest, NL
Posts: 19203
Joined: 21.07.04

 A very dark Philipomyia aprica, I'd say. Check the basicosta.

Theo
 
christoophe
#8 Print Post
Posted on 09-12-2024 07:53
User Avatar

Member

Location: France Provence
Posts: 1995
Joined: 06.02.08

 The basicosta is bare.
It's Philipomyia aprica.
Thanks Theo.
 
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
Tabanus bovinus/eggeri - male - western France Diptera (adults) 3 29-09-2025 18:57
Tabanus from Portugal Diptera (adults) 3 24-08-2025 14:29
female Tabanus glaucopis? --> confirmed Diptera (adults) 5 11-08-2025 11:09
Which Philipomyia? Diptera (adults) 6 06-08-2025 15:14
Is it Tabanus species from Sicily? Diptera (adults) 13 05-08-2025 20:47
Date and time
31 October 2025 00:38
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
· Voltinism in Chaoborus
· Vitaliy Nikolaevich ...
· Mating behaviour and...
· Oviposition into the...
· African Invertebrates
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download

Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

eklans
24.08.25 16:55
Thanks for your proposal, but for me this option is ineligible.

rvanderweele
15.08.25 10:15
For those specialists not active on Facebook, I just ask to consider to join our group on FB. Please, be aware that it is not necessary at all to be active on FB outside the diptera group. Actually, n

rvanderweele
15.08.25 10:13
We received requests to get permission to ask for ID in our Facebook group, https://www.facebo
ok.com/groups/1798
95332035235/ Until now we pointed to diptera.info, but since Paul's passing we not

Tony Irwin
23.06.25 18:10
If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

smol
23.06.25 11:18
Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

Tony Irwin
19.06.25 15:33
I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

smol
02.06.25 18:26
Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gma
il.com

Nikita Vikhrev
28.05.25 20:57
I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

smol
28.05.25 12:25
Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

Nikita Vikhrev
08.05.25 18:22
I have

Render time: 0.91 seconds | 246,012,176 unique visits