Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tabanidae - female Haematopota pluvialis (det. T. Zeegers)
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| caliprobola |
Posted on 27-03-2009 21:48
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 211 Joined: 24.05.07 |
date: 15th august 2007 place: Zeebrugge, Belgium (near the coast) habitat: wet meadows (little brackish) subject: me... someone can give a hint about the species? caliprobola attached the following image:  [118.26Kb] Edited by caliprobola on 27-03-2009 21:58 |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-03-2009 21:50
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Might have been very interesting, but even in brackish localities pluvialis is by far the most common species. As well shown by this female Theo |
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| caliprobola |
Posted on 27-03-2009 21:58
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 211 Joined: 24.05.07 |
thanks for the very quick response! i remember we got attacked by about 50 of these flies on that day, collecting them all was a bit too much to ask... unfortunately your book is sold out about everywhere in the low countries... i only have the old Timmer key. Is it wise to still use this key or should i still try to get a copy before starting to search for Tabanidae? |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 28-03-2009 12:49
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19299 Joined: 21.07.04 |
The Timmer-key is a good key, mine is an improvement of his work with some new features and more species. Or course, the distributional information by Timmer is outdated. I'm sorry my key is out of print, there won't be a reprint. Theo |
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| caliprobola |
Posted on 28-03-2009 18:11
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 211 Joined: 24.05.07 |
Thanks for the information. I will try to catch some Tabanidae in 2009 and if i have troubles to find the right species, i guess i always have the diptera.info forum to fal back on.. 
Edited by caliprobola on 28-03-2009 18:11 |
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