Posted by dguzman58 on 28-06-2016 18:19
#1
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.
Edited by dguzman58 on 28-06-2016 19:13
Posted by John Carr on 28-06-2016 18:43
#2
The long-beaked biting flies in South America are Tabanidae subfamily Pangoniinae.
Posted by Keith Bayless on 25-10-2016 20:09
#3
Yes subfamily Pangoniinae, more specifically tribe Scionini, genus
Fidena. There are many species in the genus, I don't know which one this is