Rhabdotylus rubrum (Thunberg, 1827)

Turcatel, Mauren, 2019, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Rhabdotylus Lutz, 1913 (Diptera: Tabanidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 7, pp. 36277-36277 : 36277

Rhabdotylus rubrum (Thunberg, 1827)

Rhabdotylus rubrum Rhabdotylus rubrum Tabanus Thunberg 1827 Philip 1967 Stibasoma Fairchild 1971 Stibasoma Moucha 1976 Coscarón and Papavero 2009

Rhabdotylus planiventris (Wiedemann, 1828): 139 ( Tabanus ) ( Wiedemann 1828), syn. nov.; Walker, 1854: 216 ( Tabanus ) ( Walker 1854); Hunter, 1901: 143 ( Tabanus ) ( Hunter 1901); Kertész, 1908: 269 ( Tabanus ) ( Kertész 1908); Enderlein, 1925: 388 ( Gymnochela ) ( Enderlein 1925); Kröber, 1932: 91 ( Gymnochela ) ( Kröber 1932), 1934: 271 ( Amphichlorops ) ( Kröber 1934); Pechuman, 1942: 55 ( Amphichlorops ) ( Pechuman 1942); Carrera & Lane, 1945: 133 ( Carrera and Lane 1945); Coscarón, 1967: 114 ( Coscarón 1967); Fairchild, 1967a: 95 ( Fairchild 1967a), 1971: 77 ( Stibasoma ) ( Fairchild 1971), 1975: 262 ( Amphichlorops ) ( Fairchild 1975); Moucha, 1976: 206 ( Stibasoma ) ( Moucha 1976); Fairchild & Burger, 1994: 114 ( Stibasoma ) ( Fairchild and Burger 1994); Turcatel et al., 2007: 276 ( Stibasoma ) ( Turcatel et al. 2007), Coscarón & Papavero, 2009: 112 ( Stibasoma ) ( Coscarón and Papavero 2009).

Pangonia cornuta Walker, 1837: 337 ( Walker 1837); Kertész, 1908: 153 ( Kertész 1908); Fairchild, 1956: 14 ( Fairchild 1956) (synonym).

Tabanus lativentris Macquart, 1838: 153 ( Macquart 1838); Blanchard, 1852: 393 ( Blanchard 1852); Walker, 1854: 265 ( Walker 1854); Philippi, 1865: 714 ( Philippi 1865); Hunter, 1901: 141 ( Hunter 1901); Kertész, 1908: 254 ( Kertész 1908); Kröber, 1934: 274 ( Kröber 1934); Fairchild, 1956: 20 ( Fairchild 1956) (synonym).

Materials

Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Rhabdotylusrubrum; originalNameUsage: Tabanusrubrum; family: Tabanidae; genus: Rhabdotylus; specificEpithet: rubrum; scientificNameAuthorship: Thunberg, 1827; Location: locationRemarks: label transliteration: "Uppsala Univ. Zool. Mus. \ Thunbergsaml. nr. 22069 \ Tabanus ruber \ Amer. Merid. TYP" "Rhabdotylus \ nr. Viridivent- \ -ris M. \ C. B. Philip.66"; Record Level: institutionID: Uppsala University, Museum of Evolution, Zoology Section; institutionCode: UUZM; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Holotype. Occurrence: individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Rhabdotylusrubrum; originalNameUsage: Tabanusplaniventris; family: Tabanidae; genus: Rhabdotylus; specificEpithet: rubrum; scientificNameAuthorship: Wiedemann, 1828; Location: country: Brazil; locationRemarks: label transliteration: "Brasil. V. Olf." “98” “Type” "planiventris Wied.*" "Amphichlorops \ planiventris \ Wied. \ det. Kröber 1927" "Zool. Mus. Berlin"; Record Level: institutionID: Museum für Naturkunde; institutionCode: MFNB; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: UNSMENT01518377 ; recordedBy: Lauro Travassos Filho; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Rhabdotylusrubrum; family: Tabanidae; genus: Rhabdotylus; specificEpithet: rubrum; Location: country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Santa Catarina; municipality: Joinville; locationRemarks: label transliteration: "Sta. Catarina \ Joinville \ L. Trav. Fş " "Rhabdotylus \ planiventris (Wied.) \ Barretto det. 1948"; Record Level: institutionID: U. S. National Entomological Collection; institutionCode: USNM; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: USNMENT01518378 ; recordedBy: Raymond Corbett Shannon; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Rhabdotylusrubrum; family: Tabanidae; genus: Rhabdotylus; specificEpithet: rubrum; Location: country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Tinguá; locationRemarks: label transliteration: " Tinguá \ R. Janeiro \ Brasil" "Dezembro \ 1950" "RCShannon Collection" " Serviço Febre \ Amarela \ M. E. S., Bras."; Record Level: institutionID: U. S. National Entomological Collection; institutionCode: USNM; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: USNMENT01518379 ; recordedBy: F. Schade; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Rhabdotylusrubrum; family: Tabanidae; genus: Rhabdotylus; specificEpithet: rubrum; Location: country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; locationRemarks: label transliteration: "C. Brazil \ Dec. 1935 \ F. Schade" "ALMelander \ Collection" "St. (Rhabdotylus) \ planiventris Wied. \ det. Fairchild 1963"; Record Level: institutionID: U. S. National Entomological Collection; institutionCode: USNM; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: USNMENT01518380 ; recordedBy: Raymond Corbett Shannon; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Rhabdotylusrubrum; family: Tabanidae; genus: Rhabdotylus; specificEpithet: rubrum; Location: country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Itatiaia; locationRemarks: label transliteration: "Alt. 200M. \ Itatiaia \ R. Janeiro" "Fevereiro \ 1941" "RCShannon Collection"; Record Level: institutionID: U. S. National Entomological Collection; institutionCode: USNM; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: USNMENT01518381 ; recordedBy: Raymond Corbett Shannon; individualCount: 1; sex: female; lifeStage: adult; Taxon: scientificName: Rhabdotylusrubrum; family: Tabanidae; genus: Rhabdotylus; specificEpithet: rubrum; Location: country: Brazil; countryCode: BR; stateProvince: Rio de Janeiro; municipality: Mangaratiba; locationRemarks: label transliteration: "Mangaratiba \ R d Janeiro X \ Brazil XI'38" "Yel Fev Serv \ MES Brazil \ RCShannon"; Record Level: institutionID: U. S. National Entomological Collection; institutionCode: USNM; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen

Description

Female (holotype). Head. Frons narrow, light brown, with sparse black hairs and silver pollinosity along the margins of the eyes. Frontal Index: 4.10. Divergence Index: 0.92. Subcallus light brown, with dense white pollinosity. Scape and pedicel light brown, with black and some white hairs mixed and white pollinosity. Flagellum orange (missing on holotype). Clypeus light brown, with dense white pollinosity and sparse white hairs. Gena and postgena light brown, with dense white pollinosity and dense white hairs. Palpus yellow to light brown, with sparse white pollinosity and mixed white and black hairs.

Thorax. Scutum and scutellum light brown with sparse white to yellow and black hairs mixed. Postpronotal lobe light brown with white pollinosity, white and black hairs mixed. Notopleuron light brown with white pollinosity, white to yellow and black hairs. Proepisternum and proepimerum light brown with white pollinosity and white hairs. Anepisternum light brown with white pollinosity, white to yellow and black hairs mixed. Katepisternum light brown with white pollinosity and white to yellow hairs. Anepimeron light brown with white pollinosity, with white to yellow hairs. Katepimeron and katatergite light brown with white pollinosity and white hairs.

Coxa light brown with white pollinosity with white hairs, and some black hairs distally. Femur 1 light brown with black hairs. Femur 2 light brown with black hairs and a tuft of white hairs proximally on posterodorsal side. Femur 3 light brown with black and white hairs mixed. Tibiae 1 and 2 yellow to light brown with white hairs proximally, and brown with black hairs distally. Tibia 3 brown with black hairs. Tarsus brown with black hairs. Wing hyaline. Pterostigma yellow. Venation light brown. Halter yellow, with white apex.

Abdomen. Abdomen predominantly light brown with sparse black hairs and white hairs laterally. Tergite 1 with a faintly lighter band distally and white hairs in the middle of the distal margin. Tergites 2-4 with a faintly lighter band distally. Sternites 1-3 yellow to light brown with a narrow white band distally and white hairs. Remaining sternites light brown with a narrow white band distally, with black hairs proximally and laterally and white hairs distally.

Measurements: Body length: 15mm. Wing length: 12.5mm.

Figs 1, 2, 3

Distribution

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina), Argentina.

Figures

Figure 3. Known geographic range of Rhabdotylus rubrum (Thunberg, 1827)