Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Haematopota bigoti (Tabanidae)
Posted by Susan R Walter on 27-07-2009 21:05
#1
Could this be Haematopota bigoti? Although the photo only shows pale crescents on T2, I have the specimen and it does actually have round spots. The specimen is slightly distorted, after I bashed it when it bit my husband. The first antennal segment seems to fit the description in Stubbs for bigoti too.
From 11 July 2009, in our orchard, central lowland France, female, 9mm.
Posted by Susan R Walter on 27-07-2009 21:06
#2
Just for the bonus fly in this picture.
Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 27-07-2009 21:13
#3
and an Hydrotaea sp. (Muscidae), I think. Nice Haemotopota!
Posted by Zeegers on 28-07-2009 07:45
#4
Great pictures and excellent ID, bigoti female it is.
Rare species, usually costal
THeo
Posted by Susan R Walter on 28-07-2009 08:00
#5
Theo: Super! We get a lot of coastal species here in and around the Brenne in central France - I suppose because there is a lot of wet grassland. My husband says he doesn't feel any more special having been bitten by a rare fly though B)
Jorge: Yes, something like that I think.
Edited by Susan R Walter on 28-07-2009 08:01
Posted by Zeegers on 28-07-2009 08:39
#6
Then keep looking for that other coastal Haematopota:
grandis.
Period of flight: August - September
Theo
Posted by Susan R Walter on 28-07-2009 16:07
#7
Already got grandis last year :D See
http://www.dipter...d_id=17421. Not from quite the same location, but from not that far away.
Posted by Zeegers on 28-07-2009 17:42
#8
Right. How could I have forgotten ?
Theo