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Sardinia Tabanidae Pangonius striatus
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Posted on 04-08-2011 15:19
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 Sardinia, Tortoli, 22nd June 2011. Altitude 25m.
Stony riverbed, male and female on flowering herbs. Male 14mm, female 13mm.

This delicate tabanid is Pangonius striatus, a species considered endemic to Sardinia. Note the small dusted face, dark femora, stripes on the thorax, and eyes meeting for a long distance in the male. Also relatively short proboscis

I hope Pietro will not mind if I also mention the excellent photos he took of this species last year which are on his Flickr site (which has many other great photos of Sardinian insects)
http://www.flickr...otostream/

Steve

PS is anyone able to identify the plant, is it Mintho aquatica?
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 female wing
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 Very nice !!

Need to work on this one, I come back to you


Theo
 
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