Tabanus arenivagus Austen

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 : 564

Tabanus arenivagus Austen

( Figs 3 B, 4C, 5B)

Tabanus arenivagus Austen, 1920: 305 .

Type locality. El Fukhari, 8 miles west of El Shellal Wadi Ghazze ( Palestine).

Diagnosis. Length. (Male) body 13.5–14.0 mm, wing 10.5–11.0 mm; (female) body 12.5–13.5 mm, wing 11.0– 11.6 mm.

Female: frontal index 2.6–2.66; subcallus smooth only on its upper margin in contact with lower callus; R4 without appendix; abdomen greyish with 4 longitudinal brown elongated separated spots.

Local distribution. Sinai.

Geographical distribution. Egypt, Palestine.

Specimens examined. Sinai, 14.VII.1931 (3 Ƥ); Sinai, 8.X.1931 (3 Ƥ) (MAC).

Remarks. This species is an addition to the list given by Steyskal and El-Bialy (1967). Chvála (1988) recorded this species from Gaza in his Palaearctic catalogue and mentioned that Gaza is in Egypt, but it is actually in Palestine (Chvála, pers. comm.). Later, Müller et al. (2012) found this species from the border area of Gaza as far southwest as Misfaq (located halfway between Gaza and the Nile Delta).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Female frons, anterior view. A. T. albifacies Loew. B. T. arenivagus Austen. C. T. autumnalis Linnaeus. D. T. gratus Loew. E. T. leleani Austen (adapted from Chvála et al. 1972). F. T. lunatus Fabricius G. T. mordax Austen. H. T. rupinae Austen. I. T. separatus Efflatoun. J. T. sufis Jaennicke. K. T. taeniola Palisot de Beauvois. L. T. unicinctus Loew (adapted from Loew 1856). Scale line = 1 mm. (L. not scaled).