Horse fly - Agkistrocerus megerlei

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

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

I want to

Thank you both again, for taking the time to identify this tabanid for me.

… Machele White, 16 June, 2006 - 12:12pm

Moved

to species page. A very welcome addition.

… A.W. Thomas, 16 June, 2006 - 12:13pm

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