Tabanus ptolemaeanus Szilády

Abu El-Hassan, Gawhara M. M., Badrawy, Haitham B. M., Fadl, Hassan H. & Mohammad, Salwa K., 2013, A review of the genus Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Egypt, Zootaxa 3691 (5), pp. 559-576 : 570

Tabanus ptolemaeanus Szilády

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Tabanus ptolemaeanus Szilády, 1923: 11 .

Type locality. Cairo ( Egypt).

Diagnosis. Length. (Female) body 15.0 mm.

Female: Frons parallel sided; subcallus entirely dusted; R4 without appendix; abdomen reddish brown colored, with 4 longitudinal blackish stripes, terga 1 and 2 with black spot at middle, terga 4–6 with blackish spots at lateral margins. Male unknown.

Local distribution. Unknown.

Geographical distribution. Egypt.

Remarks. Szilády (1923) mentioned that Baron J. Surcouf sent the type specimen of this species to him from Cairo for examination while Efflatoun (1930) listed it among doubtful species in his monograph.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Abdomens. A. T. albifacies Loew Ƥ. B. T. arenivagus Austen Ƥ. C. T. autumnalis Linnaeus Ƥ. D. T. gratus Loew Ƥ. E. T. leucostomus Loew 3. F. T. rupinae Austen Ƥ. G. T. separatus Efflatoun Ƥ. H. T. sufis Jaennicke Ƥ. I. T. taeniola Palisot de Beauvois Ƥ. J. T. ptolemaeanus Szilády Ƥ (adapted from Szilády 1923). (J. not scaled). Scale line = 3 mm.