Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Giant Timber Fly, Pantophthalmus cf. tabaninus

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 10-09-2023 00:06
#1
Puerto Nariño, S Colombia, 9 September 2023.
Edited by Karsten Thomsen on 11-09-2023 21:07

Posted by John Carr on 11-09-2023 17:24
#2
I can not place it with confidence in the key by F. C. do Val (1976) but it might be the common species Pantophthalmus tabaninus.

https://www.revistas.usp.br/azmz/article/view/11982

There is a 1992 review of the Mesoamerican species, a book chapter which is not free online.
Edited by John Carr on 11-09-2023 17:25

Posted by Karsten Thomsen on 11-09-2023 21:08
#3
Thanks a lot, John. It really looks like a good bid.

Karsten