Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Tabanus - Tabanus maculicornis.

Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 23-09-2021 22:48
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By the Oslo Fjord, Norway 6 August. 12 - 13 mm.
Edited by Morten A Mjelde on 27-09-2021 20:30

Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 23-09-2021 22:49
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 23-09-2021 22:50
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 23-09-2021 22:50
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Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 26-09-2021 22:39
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Smile ?

Posted by eklans on 27-09-2021 10:40
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Hi Morten, "De Vliegenfamilies met drie voetkussentjes" (Zeegers, Schulten) leads me to male T. bromius but the upper ommatidia are not distinctly bigger and the antenna is completely yellow. So I doubt if I used the key correctly.

Posted by Zeegers on 27-09-2021 19:10
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Hi Eric

Better use the key to to females Smile

It is a female T. maculicornis.

Theo
Edited by Zeegers on 28-09-2021 06:48

Posted by eklans on 27-09-2021 19:41
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awkward

Posted by Morten A Mjelde on 27-09-2021 20:29
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Thank you so much, Eric and Theo! Smile

Morten

Posted by Zeegers on 28-09-2021 06:48
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Dutch is a difficult language.

Posted by eklans on 28-09-2021 09:05
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Zeegers wrote:
Dutch is a difficult language.


I agree but I like it!
And in this case I should have cleaned my glasses 🤓 before deciding between ♀ and ♂!

Posted by John Carr on 28-09-2021 17:25
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Zeegers wrote:
Dutch is a difficult language.


Better than an old German scientific paper in Fraktur writing.

Posted by Zeegers on 28-09-2021 19:14
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Anyway, guys, an English translation will be available spring 2022.

Theo