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| nick upton |
Posted on 05-06-2011 20:44
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 815 Joined: 12.03.10 |
I think this is a Pangonius sp. tabanid, which I gather is a difficult genus, but I have lots of photos of this fly if different views are needed. Hope Theo is out there... Any chance of identifying to species from photos alone? 30.5.11 c11mm Isle of Lesbos, Greece. nick upton attached the following image:  [118.42Kb] Edited by nick upton on 07-06-2011 10:02 Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 05-06-2011 20:45
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 815 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Profile view, a different fly, but same species i think.
nick upton attached the following image:  [104.34Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| sd |
Posted on 05-06-2011 21:08
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 892 Joined: 11.10.07 |
entirely polished black face plus bicoloured legs suggests Pangonius pyritosus Steve |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 05-06-2011 21:55
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 815 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Steve.
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 06-06-2011 19:02
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 815 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Thomisidae (Synema globosa) 1: Tabanidae 0...... Another fly bites the dust on Lesbos as this big tabanid proves no match for a little spider... I failed to catch any of these flies, but the spiders were having no probs.. nick upton attached the following image:  [130.67Kb] Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-06-2011 07:58
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18518 Joined: 21.07.04 |
HI Nick Did you collect the specimen ? It is indeed in the vicinity of pyritosus. However, there is a second species in Turkey, found once in Greece (unpublished). Given the locality Lesbos, it would be very interesting to see the specimen. Theo |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 07-06-2011 08:22
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 815 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks for your help with this. Sorry, no specimens... I very rarely collect unless I know the need and have a chance to return to a location.. and I'm back in the UK now. These flies were quite common on Lesbos, though and I saw them at several locations near the north and east coasts, and I may get the chance to go back next year... I do have several more shots of them, so if there are any specific angles or close up details that would help confirm the ID, I could make crops of them and post them.
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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but don't see the image in the post.
