Philoliche (Phara) tumidifacies Austen, 1937 - Identification

Length 21 mm; length of visible proboscis 13 mm.
Black, with face and third segment of antennae ochraceous-tawny; dorsum of main portion of thorax (scutum) fringed laterally and posteriorly with yellow hair, and similar but longer hair on pleurae; middle region of face (cf. text-fig. 10) strongly swollen and prominent, forming a blunt cone; proboscis elongate, longer than abdomen; wings ochraceous-orange on proximal half, elsewhere sepia-coloured; femora cinnamon-brown, front and middle tibiae cinnamon-buff, hind tibiae and all tarsi ochraceous-tawny.

Original description by Austen:
Austen, E.E. 1937. New genera and species of Ethiopian Tabanidae, subfamily Pangoniinae (Diptera). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (C) 107.
https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1937.tb00008.x

Illustration:

Type locality: Willowmore.

iNat observations:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171920100
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/171920095

This fly is (perhaps the only) pollinator of a Butterbush (Tylecodon cacalioides) in the Little Karoo.
https://pza.sanbi.org/sites/default/files/info_library/tylecodon_cacalioides_pdf.pdf

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