Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Brazilian Tabanid (?)
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 17-11-2009 18:45
#1
Found in Brasil, state of São Paulo, in the interior. Lokks like a Tabanid but I have no idea of the species.
(hope the image shows up this time)
Thanks,
Joaquim Gaspar
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 17-11-2009 18:47
#2
Alvesgaspar wrote:
Found in Brasil, state of São Paulo, in the interior. Lokks like a Tabanid but I have no idea of the species.
(hope the image shows up this time)
Thanks,
Joaquim Gaspar
What's wrong with this forum? The image has a good type, size and name.
Posted by Paul Beuk on 17-11-2009 18:49
#3
Nothing wrong with the forum. :P Send it to me by email and I'll see what the problem is.
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 17-11-2009 19:31
#4
Thanks, Paul. Hope it will work now.
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 18-11-2009 13:23
#5
Looks like
Atylotus sp. but I may be wrong. Any ideas?
Posted by Keith Bayless on 19-11-2009 05:44
#6
There aren't any described
Atylotus in South America. My general impression is that it is
Stenotabanus (
Stenotabanus) sp., but without a closer shot of the wing base I can't rule
Tabanus or a few other genera. There is no key to male
Stenotabanus, unfortunately. Do you have any more photos of this or other Brazilian horse flies? I'd love to see them.
Posted by Alvesgaspar on 19-11-2009 15:32
#7
Unfortunately I don't have any other shots. And returning to Brazil now... The one thing I can say is that the fly was eveywhere and there was no cattle around.
Joaquim Gaspar
Lisbon