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Tabanidae> Pangonius funebris
nick upton
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Posted on 05-06-2011 20:14
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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.
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Head-on view.
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Maybe P. funebris which is close to haustellatus as the legs look completely black. Either way, a nice flySmile

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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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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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Yes, I'd say it is funebris.


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Many thanks Theo for your confirmation of Steve's ID on these big tabanids.
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