Chrysops melaenus Hine, 1925

Veroy, Katerin, Orozco, Jesus & Henriques, Augusto L., 2022, First records of two genera and thirteen species of Tabanidae (Diptera) from Honduras, ZooKeys 1084, pp. 27-42 : 27

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1084.77038

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3323F2E7-F3A8-49D1-9F46-21DABC882AF2

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DF57EB01-4120-AFFF-1612-5E1FF7F5CF88

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scientific name

Chrysops melaenus Hine, 1925
status

 

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Distribution.

Previously known from Nicaragua to Venezuela ( Coscarón and Papavero 2009).

Material examined.

Honduras: 1♂, Atlántida, RVS Cuero y Salado, Salado Barra , 15°46'02"N, 86°59'51"W, 2 m, 25.i.2000, R. Cave, R. Cordero and J. Torres leg.; EAPZ22.445 GoogleMaps . 1♂, El Paraíso, 5.3 km N Cifuentes , 14°05'48"N, 86°06'57"W, 13.vi.1999, R. Cave and J. Torres leg.; EAPZ69.749 GoogleMaps . 1♀, El Paraíso, Danlí, Cerro Apaguiz 14°00'27"N, 86°32'26"W, 20.ii.1988, R. Cordero leg.; EAPZ42.723 GoogleMaps . 1♀, Francisco Morazán, 32 km Tegucigalpa, El Zamorano , 14°01'N, 87°00'W, J. Cabezas leg.; EAPZ42.698 GoogleMaps .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tabanidae

SubFamily

Chrysopsinae

Tribe

Chrysopsini

Genus

Chrysops