Biology:Tabanus petiolatus

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Short description: Species of fly

Tabanus petiolatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Tabanus
Species:
T. petiolatus
Binomial name
Tabanus petiolatus
Hine, 1917[1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus yulenus Philip, 1950[2]

Tabanus petiolatus is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae. [3][4]Unlike many Tabanus species, the colour pattern of male eyes is found in the larger, upper lenses - appearing as a dark, brown streak across the light coloured lens. Females of this species have uniformly coloured dark brown eyes. Often confused with Tabanus melanocerus or Tabanus trimaculatus.

Distribution

United States .

References

  1. Hine, J.S. (1917). "Descriptions of North American Tabanidae". Ohio Journal of Science 17: 269-271. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2906799#page/275/mode/1up. 
  2. Philip, C.B. (1950). "New North American Tabanidae (Diptera). Part II. Tabanidae [sic] [=Tabaninae]; III. Notes on Tabanus molestus and related horseflies with a prominent single row of triangles on the abdomen". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 43: 240-248. 
  3. Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue.". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements 7: 1–320. https://www.aemnp.eu/data/article-975/956-7_0_7.pdf. Retrieved 11 September 2022. 
  4. Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology (Associated Publishers) 1 (1): 1-100. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14361907 entry