Biology:Atylotus bicolor

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Short description: Species of insect

Atylotus bicolor
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Atylotus
Species:
A. bicolor
Binomial name
Atylotus bicolor
(Wiedemann, 1821)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus bicolor Wiedemann, 1821[1]
  • Tabanus fulvescens Walker, 1848[2]
  • Tabanus ruficeps Macquart, 1855[3]

Atylotus bicolor is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae.[4] The species typically breeds in freshwater marshes. Larvae can be found in bogs, swamps, or in the soil of a riparian zone.[5]

Distribution

United States

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Wiedemann, C.R.W. (1821). Diptera exotica. Sectio II. Antennis parumarticulatis. [Edition 1]. Kilae [= Kiel]: no publisher given. pp. iv + pp. 43–50 + 101 pp., 2 pls.. 
  2. Walker, F. (1848). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1. British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology.. pp. 1–229. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119311#page/7/mode/1up. Retrieved 12 August 2017. 
  3. Macquart, P.J.M. (1855). Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 5.e supplément. Paris: Roret. pp. 5–136. 
  4. Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue". Sborník Entomologického Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze Supplement 7: 1–319. 
  5. Magnarelli, Louis A. (1987). "Parity and Sugar Feeding in Atylotus bicolor (Diptera: Tabanidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society 95 (4): 487–490. ISSN 0028-7199. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25009636. Retrieved 19 November 2022. 

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