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Pretty fly from the Chaco, Paraguay. Tabanidae, no, Stratiomyidae
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 Chaco habitat, 12 km south of Filadelfia, along the Trans-Chaco highway, Paraguay. 29 November 2012.

Length: 10 mm. Tabanidae?
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 Looks like Stratiomyidae to me.

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 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
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 Henrik, Tristram, thanks very much. Maybe a Hermetia sp.?
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 It doesn't really have the look of Hermetia - better change the title to see if you can attract Martin Hauser Smile
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 Cyphomyia or closely related genus
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 This is a female of Chorodonta inermis. Awesome fly!
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