Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabaninae 2015-V-21 (= Hybomitra lasiophthalma)
Posted by John Carr on 24-05-2015 02:00
#1
Massachusetts, USA May 21, 2015
With hairy eyes and several eye bands this is either a
Hybomitra or one of the
Tabanus that looks like a
Hybomitra.
Edited by John Carr on 24-05-2015 12:36
Posted by Sergiy Filatov on 24-05-2015 06:40
#2
Hi John!
Yes, it's a Hybomitra species. Was it large? With these peculiar spots on the wing membrane I think it should be a male of H.lasiophthalma, at least I came to this result with Teskey's, 1990 keys...
Posted by John Carr on 24-05-2015 12:40
#3
Sergiy Filatov wrote:
Hi John!
Yes, it's a Hybomitra species. Was it large? With these peculiar spots on the wing membrane I think it should be a male of H.lasiophthalma, at least I came to this result with Teskey's, 1990 keys...
Thank you. I am not confident using Teskey's keys for male Tabaninae. Wings usually obscure details of the abdominal pattern he uses. In this case the spotted wings in combination with the orange-sided abdomen should be sufficient for ID.
Posted by John Carr on 27-05-2015 01:22
#4
I saw the female today at the same place.
Posted by Zeegers on 28-05-2015 10:15
#5
The female is lasiophthalma for sure and the male might very well be also !
Theo