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 Tabanus bromius
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| djo |
Posted on 26-09-2012 12:50
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 144 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Caught in the East Sussex (UK) in early July this year. I caught 11 in total (in quick succession, at the same location) and the flies were ~12-15mm long Sorry for the awful photos (the fly has been frozen, and is attracting condensation at it thaws - but I really /need/ to keep it frozen) Is it possible to ID this to species from photos? What photos would be required in order to do so? Is there a key (preferably on-line, or in an on-line publication) that I could use to key it out? Thanks! Darren djo attached the following image:  [193.08Kb] Edited by djo on 27-09-2012 21:08 |
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| djo |
Posted on 26-09-2012 12:54
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 144 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Another photo
djo attached the following image:  [140.55Kb] |
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| djo |
Posted on 26-09-2012 12:55
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 144 Joined: 16.05.11 |
And another
djo attached the following image:  [134.94Kb] |
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| djo |
Posted on 26-09-2012 15:05
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 144 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Having surfed the web a bit, I want to guess that this is a female Tabanus bromius. This is based on looking a photos, and the size/location, not on a key! What do people think? |
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| libor |
Posted on 26-09-2012 19:41
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Member Location: western Bohemia Posts: 1166 Joined: 30.05.09 |
I agree with you! |
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| djo |
Posted on 27-09-2012 08:28
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 144 Joined: 16.05.11 |
That's good to know  D - Thank you! Is there anything else you think it could be? |
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| libor |
Posted on 27-09-2012 19:50
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Member Location: western Bohemia Posts: 1166 Joined: 30.05.09 |
The only similar (naked eyes, linear median callus and one eyeband) is maculicornis. Alula in form of narrow triangle = maculicornis, alula wide, almost rectangular = bromius. I believe I see wide alula = bromius. |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 27-09-2012 20:04
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 15721 Joined: 21.07.04 |
T. maculicornis is always much greyer (even slightly bluish), there is no doubt this is bromius. The feature mentioned by Libor is excellent, by the way. Theo |
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| djo |
Posted on 27-09-2012 21:09
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Member Location: Edinburgh, UK Posts: 144 Joined: 16.05.11 |
Thank you so much! This all seems pretty conclusive. |
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