Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Diptera (adults)
 Tabanidae> Pangonius funebris
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| nick upton |
Posted on 05-06-2011 20:14
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Can anyone confirm that this BIG horsefly is Pangonius haustellatus. I thought it was a carpenter bee at first - similar size and glossy black, so maybe a mimic - but it's the biggest horsefly, with the longest proboscis I've ever seen. Fortunately, if my ID is right, it seems this genus feeds only on nectar... 3.6.11 c14mm Isle of Lesbos, Greece feeding on thistle flower. nick upton attached the following image:  [132.79Kb] Edited by nick upton on 07-06-2011 08:18 Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 05-06-2011 20:15
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Head-on view.
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| sd |
Posted on 05-06-2011 21:00
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Member Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 892 Joined: 11.10.07 |
Maybe P. funebris which is close to haustellatus as the legs look completely black. Either way, a nice fly Steve |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 05-06-2011 22:02
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks for your input on this Steve. You may well be right and P. funebris is recorded in Greece. The legs do look all black in most of my pics but the tarsi are browner and in one pic a tibia looks a bit browner, but you'd know better than me how dark funebris is. Here are a couple of crops from other shots in case they help confirm the ID one way or the other. Brown rear tarsus first..
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| nick upton |
Posted on 05-06-2011 22:03
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Paler tibia - I think - but hard to be sure and the light was late pm sunlight, not great for being sure of shades.
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| Zeegers |
Posted on 07-06-2011 08:06
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 19112 Joined: 21.07.04 |
Yes, I'd say it is funebris. Theo |
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| nick upton |
Posted on 07-06-2011 08:17
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Member Location: Wiltshire, UK Posts: 828 Joined: 12.03.10 |
Many thanks Theo for your confirmation of Steve's ID on these big tabanids.
Nick Upton - naturalist and photographer |
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