Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanus, May 29, 2007

Posted by Zeegers on 31-05-2007 07:33
#5

Three bands and hairy eyes = Hybomitra is a rule of thumb, I give to explain that there is more than Tabanus.
Tony is right, Tabanus quatuornotatus is a notorious exception and in the Mediterrean REgion there are some more. NEvertheless, if you have 3 bands and hairy eyes, 99 % chance it's Hybomitra.

This one has a narrow frontal stripe and black notopleural lobes, therefore
female Hybomitra bimaculata

Theo