Tabanidae of Japan 投稿者：Xespok 投稿日：2006/04/08(Sat) 02:26 No.2230 Do you know any of these flies belonging to subfamily Tabaninae? Possibly all are Tabanus or Hirosia spp. 添付：2230.jpg (94KB) Re: Tabanidae of Japan - Xespok 2006/04/08(Sat) 02:27 No.2231 This one was the largest Tabanidae that I had seen in Japan. Re: Tabanidae of Japan - Xespok 2006/04/08(Sat) 02:28 No.2232 Another one, a middle sized Tabanid fly. Re: Tabanidae of Japan - Xespok 2006/04/08(Sat) 02:29 No.2233 This one was a smaller Tabanid species than the last two species. Re: Tabanidae of Japan - Xespok 2006/04/08(Sat) 02:30 No.2234 And the last one. I have not seen too many species of Tabanidae in Japan, I think most species must be quite rare. Re: Tabanidae of Japan - ハエ男 2006/04/11(Tue) 09:37 No.2240 No.2233image is Hirosia iyoensis　イヨシロオビアブ　,This species is small Tabanidae. Re: Tabanidae of Japan - Xespok 2006/04/12(Wed) 18:47 No.2261 Thank you. The scutellum of Hirosia iyoensis　イヨシロオビアブ 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. Re: Tabanidae of Japan - ハエ男 2006/04/14(Fri) 01:07 No.2271 Tabanidae identification need the enlargement image of an antenna and the frontal view of a head. H.iyoensis is small Tabanidae.