Thread subject: Diptera.info :: totally unknown fly - Namibia (2pics)

Posted by Rupert Huber on 05-11-2011 14:23
#1
Hello to all!
Anyone any idea? Is it Stratiomyidae??? Or what is it? About 8-10mm

30.10.2011, Namibia, Kalahari about 40km northeast of Mariental

Posted by Rupert Huber on 05-11-2011 14:23
#2
2nd pic

Posted by Sundew on 05-11-2011 14:56
#3
It clearly belongs to Hippoboscidae (look at these claws!). Might be Hippobosca rufipes (compare http://farm3.stat...4fa0a8.jpg). At least 4 Hippobosca species are said to occur in Namibia.
Edited by Sundew on 05-11-2011 15:04

Posted by Rupert Huber on 05-11-2011 15:38
#4
Thanks, Sundew! H. rufipes seems to be a probable option.

Posted by Christian Kehlmaier on 05-11-2011 21:20
#5
I'd also say H. rufipes.

Maa (1969) in his host-index of Hippoboscidae writes:

Distribution. Entire S. Africa, Angola, Congo, Malawi, Uganda, Tanzania.
Hosts. Bovidae: Alcelaphus buselaphus Pallas, Antidorcas marsupialis Zimm., Connochaetes
gnou Zimm., C. taurinus Burchell, Damaliscus korrigum Ogilby, Oryx gazella Linn., Raphicerus
campestris Thbg., Taurotragus oryx Pallas, Bos taurus Linn, (domestic cattle). Giraffidae:
Giraffa camelopardalis Linn. Frequently on horse, donkey; occasionally on man,
dog and Equus burchellii Gray