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Hybomitra bimaculata (Tabanidae)
Susan R Walter
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Is this Hybomitra bimaculata?

Female, 13.5mm, lowland central France (la Brenne), old oak wooded heathland with old marle pit ponds, 8 July 2008.
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Yes.

The median triangle are exceptionally strong.
Rather confusing.


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Thank you Theo. I have at least one other specimen with very clear median triangles from the reserve this one came from.
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