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 Pretty fly from the Chaco, Paraguay. Tabanidae, no, Stratiomyidae
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| Stephen |
Posted on 13-12-2012 14:29
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 Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Chaco habitat, 12 km south of Filadelfia, along the Trans-Chaco highway, Paraguay. 29 November 2012. Length: 10 mm. Tabanidae? Stephen attached the following image:  [136.01Kb] Edited by Stephen on 14-12-2012 17:49 --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 13-12-2012 14:30
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Second view.
Stephen attached the following image:  [162.56Kb] --Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| piros |
Posted on 13-12-2012 16:35
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Member Location: Szeged, Hungary Posts: 1801 Joined: 04.01.12 |
Looks like Stratiomyidae to me. Regards, Henrik |
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| tristram |
Posted on 14-12-2012 13:27
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Member Location: Reading, UK Posts: 1333 Joined: 27.06.10 |
I was going to ask if any Stratiomyiidae had banded eyes but then I came across these two in the gallery: http://www.dipter...to_id=1199 http://www.dipter...to_id=1951 |
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| Stephen |
Posted on 14-12-2012 17:12
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Member Location: West Virginia USA Posts: 1322 Joined: 12.04.05 |
Henrik, Tristram, thanks very much. Maybe a Hermetia sp.?
--Stephen Stephen Cresswell www.americaninsects.net |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 14-12-2012 17:46
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 Super Administrator Location: Reading, England Posts: 7703 Joined: 12.07.04 |
It doesn't really have the look of Hermetia - better change the title to see if you can attract Martin Hauser 
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Paul Beuk |
Posted on 14-12-2012 18:29
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 Super Administrator Location: Netherlands Posts: 19403 Joined: 11.05.04 |
Cyphomyia or closely related genus
Paul - - - - Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info |
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| Maddin |
Posted on 07-08-2014 01:25
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 Member Location: Sacramento CA USA Posts: 194 Joined: 30.06.05 |
This is a female of Chorodonta inermis. Awesome fly!
Martin Hauser |
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