Do you know any of these flies belonging to subfamily Tabaninae? Possibly all are Tabanus or Hirosia spp.
And the last one. I have not seen too many species of Tabanidae in Japan, I think most species must be quite rare.
No.2233image is Hirosia iyoensis@ƒCƒˆƒVƒƒIƒrƒAƒu@,This species is small Tabanidae.
Thank you.
The scutellum of Hirosia iyoensis@ƒCƒˆƒVƒƒIƒrƒAƒu is usually white, for example: http://xespok.net/gallery/Tabaninae but in 2233 it is greyish. There are many Hirosia sp. occuring in Japan, so I was not sure whether it is just a grey variant of H. iyoensis or a different H. species.
Tabanidae identification need the enlargement image of an antenna and the frontal view of a head.
H.iyoensis is small Tabanidae. |
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