Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanidae -> Chrysops sp?
Posted by Trond on 28-07-2008 13:03
#1
Correct so far? I would guess about 12mm big. I cant be sure this is the exact one that bit me, but I would azume it was same species. Possible to tell what species it is? I do have a couple more halfgood pictures from other angles.
I think in norway there are 'only' 7 species from Chrysops, so maybe it could be possible to pin it down? Pictures taken about a week ago, near river here in southern norway.
Edited by Trond on 29-07-2008 08:56
Posted by Trond on 28-07-2008 13:04
#2
same species? This one from our garden in southern norway a couple of days earlier.
Edited by Trond on 29-07-2008 09:09
Posted by Zeegers on 28-07-2008 16:51
#3
First one is Ch. relictus, second is Ch. nigripes.
So different.
Theo
Posted by Trond on 29-07-2008 08:48
#4
Thanks Theo!
Then I'll take a guess that this one from today in our garden is also Chrysops relictus? Is that correct?
Edited by Trond on 29-07-2008 08:49
Posted by conopid on 29-07-2008 09:38
#5
looks good to me
Posted by Tony T on 30-07-2008 02:33
#6
Zeegers wrote:
First one is Ch. relictus, second is Ch. nigripes.
So different.
Theo
Interesting. And with due respect.
C. nigripes is an Holarctic sp. but the wing pattern of the 2nd specimen does not resemble that of North American
nigripes. Actually it doesn't resemble the image of a
nigripes wing in The Horse Flies of Europe; neither does it fit the description of the wing in that book.:o