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Genus Pegasomyia

More pictures of the Tabanidae submitted yesterday (probably not same individual) - Pegasomyia - female More pictures of the Tabanidae submitted yesterday (probably not same individual) - Pegasomyia - male Pegasomyia abaureus - Pegasomyia ruficornis - male Tabanid - individual #1 - Pegasomyia Tabanid - individual #2 - Pegasomyia Tabanid - individual #3 - Pegasomyia - female Tabanid - individual #3 - Pegasomyia - female Pegasomyia ruficornis - Male - Pegasomyia ruficornis - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Family Tabanidae (Horse and Deer Flies)
Subfamily Pangoniinae
Tribe Pangoniini
Genus Pegasomyia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pegasomyia Burger, 1985
Includes species placed in Pilimas, other than the type species which belongs in Stonemyia.
Explanation of Names
"The name is taken from Pegasus, the legendary flying horse of Greek mythology."
Identification
Reliably distinguished from Stonemyia by the absence of bristles on the ventral surface of the scutellum. Normally with spur vein at bend in R4 and hairy eyes, while Stonemyia normally has no spur and bare eyes. The abdomen of Pegasomyia is "more slender and more nearly parallel-sided" in contrast to the "bee-like appearance" of Stonemyia.
Range
Western USA
Food
"The species of this genus are not known to suck blood. Several museum specimens have pollen grains on the hairy face and thorax, which indicates flower visitation."(1)
Print References
Burger, John F. 1985. A redefinition of Stonemyia (Diptera: Tabanidae) and designation of a new genus, Pegasomyia, from western North America. Psyche 92:119-124
Works Cited
1.Adult and immature Tabanidae (Diptera) of California
Middlekauff, W. W. and R. S. Lane. 1980. University of California Press.