Thread subject: Diptera.info :: female XXL-Tabanus from Bavarian Alps -> Tabanus sudeticus

Posted by Rupert Huber on 17-07-2022 23:42
#1
Hi all!

My tendency goes to T. sudeticus, although the eyes seem a bit greenish on the pics (-> T. bovinus?) On location green or brown depended on the sunlight's direction

Size: gigantic (approx. 2.5 cm)

16.7.2022, Germany, Upper Bavaria, near the summit of Mt. Hochfelln, ~1640m asl, coordinates 47.76121, 12.55959
Edited by Rupert Huber on 24-07-2022 17:55

Posted by Rupert Huber on 17-07-2022 23:42
#2
2nd pic

Posted by Rupert Huber on 17-07-2022 23:43
#3
3rd pic

Posted by Zeegers on 18-07-2022 07:10
#4
Colouration of antenna is only distinctive feature. Sudeticus it is.

Theo

Posted by Rupert Huber on 18-07-2022 08:09
#5
Many thanks Theo!

That's the first time I read that for sudeticus/bovinus - good to know for the future.

I guess it's similar with the male, where I took care to post at least one photo with visible antenna colour.