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 Tabanidae, Colombia, Sierra Nevada
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| dguzman58 |
Posted on 28-06-2016 18:19
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Member Location: Raleigh, NC USA Posts: 128 Joined: 06.07.11 |
Please help ID. The local people told me that these flies bite, and they referred to them as "tabanos". I thought at first it would be a "bee fly". This fly was large, at least 20 mm long, not counting mouth parts. It was the size of a bumble bee.
dguzman58 attached the following image:  [164.1Kb] Edited by dguzman58 on 28-06-2016 19:13 |
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| John Carr |
Posted on 28-06-2016 18:43
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 Member Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9837 Joined: 22.10.10 |
The long-beaked biting flies in South America are Tabanidae subfamily Pangoniinae. |
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| Keith Bayless |
Posted on 25-10-2016 20:09
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Member Location: USA: North Carolina State University Posts: 49 Joined: 29.02.08 |
Yes subfamily Pangoniinae, more specifically tribe Scionini, genus Fidena. There are many species in the genus, I don't know which one this is |
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but don't see the image in the post.
