Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Another "Pangonius" for Theo
Posted by ChrisR on 07-05-2009 20:48
#1
Just a nice
Pangonius-type tabanid that will be "flying" to Theo sometime soon. French Guianan again and this one is about 18mm long in the body, excluding proboscis :)
Edited by ChrisR on 07-05-2009 20:49
Posted by ChrisR on 07-05-2009 20:48
#2
another angle...
Posted by Zeegers on 08-05-2009 08:54
#3
Very nice.
Not Pangonius, but Pangoniinae it is, though possibly not Pangoniini, need to look into this.
Note that the last posterior cell is closed, an important feature in this group
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Posted by Keith Bayless on 10-05-2009 01:46
#4
This is Scionini-
Scione sp. The closed R
5 and M
3 cells are diagnostic for this genus in that tribe. I can't give you a species for French Guianan
Scione but this one is a little more colorful than other
Scione I have seen.
Pangonius isn't in the neotropics but there are many pangoniine genera there.
Posted by ChrisR on 10-05-2009 08:08
#5
Wow - thanks for the partial ID Keith - that's amazing :) There have been several Pangoniini in the sample but none as large and well-marked as this one.
Posted by Keith Bayless on 11-05-2009 22:07
#6
Whoops, the M
3 cell is open, I was looking at CuA
1. This is actually another
Fidena (
Fidena) sp. No wonder it was so colorful for a
Scione. You can see more similarly colorful
Fidena (but probably not this species) at this website by John Burger and InBio in Costa Rica:
http://tinyurl.co....
Edited by Keith Bayless on 11-05-2009 22:08
Posted by ChrisR on 11-05-2009 22:39
#7
Yes, nice website ... I couldn't see anything quite the same as my one here but that's not unexpected. Lots of good work going in Costa Rica :)