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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae) » Tabanini » Agkistrocerus » Agkistrocerus megerlei
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Horse fly - Agkistrocerus megerlei - male
Copyright © 2006 Machele White

Horse fly - Agkistrocerus megerlei - Male
Lady Lake, Lake County, Florida, USA
March 16, 2006
I could not get a better angle on this one, it was sunning up high on my bat house pole.

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Horse fly - Agkistrocerus megerlei - male Horse fly - Agkistrocerus megerlei - male Horse fly - Agkistrocerus megerlei - male
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Contributed by Machele White on 14 June, 2006 - 8:00am
Last updated 2 March, 2012 - 1:01pm

A male.
I asked Dr. Burger to take a look as I was stumped. He could not give a positive ID, needed to see the fly at different angles. It's most likely a Tabanus but I can't think of anything resembling this flying so early. Best now to leave it where it is, in the Tabaninae, Tribe: Tabanini.
… A.W. Thomas, 16 June, 2006 - 10:06am login or register to post comments

 
Unknown Male Tabanid
I examined the additional images of the male tabanid, that gave me the view I needed. It is a male of Agkistrocerus meigerlei (Wiedemann).
… JBurger, 16 June, 2006 - 11:27am login or register to post comments

 
I want to
Thank you both again, for taking the time to identify this tabanid for me.
… Machele White, 16 June, 2006 - 12:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Moved
to species page. A very welcome addition.
… A.W. Thomas, 16 June, 2006 - 12:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for taking the time on this, and Dr. Burger. I have a few other images I could post, and if they cannot be of any further help we can delete them.
… Machele White, 16 June, 2006 - 10:15am login or register to post comments

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