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| lweit |
Posted on 26-07-2006 18:02
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Another photo of this male specimen Louis |
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| paqui |
Posted on 28-07-2006 11:08
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oh my, i can only say they seem 2 different males to me here you are male?s keys: 1- Vertex with on row of short white hairs----2 -- vertex with onme row of long white hairs, eyes with grey shor pubescence, abdomen with a wide dorsal black stripe-- A. flavoguttatus 2- Abdomen with yellow pilosity, in case it has black hairs too, they don?t form bands or defined spots---3 -- abdomen with black pilosity, forming bands or spots---5 3- abdomen with a dark stripe, narrow at least the 2 first tergites and becoming wider---- 4 -- abd black except from 2 areas yellow-reddish at the sides of tergites 2-3----A .rusticus 4- Head very wide--- A.fulvus -- head more narrow, approx the same width of thorax---- A. loewianus 5- femora dark grey, at least at the basal half--- A latistriatus -- femora yellow----6 6- abdomen with a wide black stripe and dark pilosity at lateral sides of tergites--- A agrestis -- abd yellow-brown with 4 black stripes---A quadrifarius *about quadrifarius it?s recorded from zones in mediterranean sea: spain, portugal--- russia, maybe not really common at NE france  *about falvoguttatus: recorded in spain, south of france, austria, turkey. this records info is from 2002, maybe out of date... i have descriptions of each species, but i let Tony puts his money on wghat he wants, not mine again  |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 30-07-2006 15:53
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Back from holiday I find these beautiful horsefly pictures. I have little doubt that, given the locality, the species is A. rusticus. They can be quite like latistriatus. Have a look at Alan Stubbs'plates and you will find a clear rusticus with a pair of dark vittae on tergites. The males can have quite large yellow lateral spots on abdomen. Theo Zeegers |
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but don't see the image in the post.