Tabanus taeniola Palisot

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 : 572

Tabanus taeniola Palisot de Beauvois

( Figs 1 E, 1J, 3K, 4J, 5I)

Tabanus taeniola Palisot de Beauvois, 1806: 56. Tabanus guineensis Wiedemann, 1824: 21 . Tabanus subelongatus Macquart, 1846: 31 . Tabanus socius Walker, 1848: 160 .

Tabanus rubicundus Walker, 1848: 161 .

Tabanus macrops Walker, 1848: 164 .

Tabanus variatus Walker, 1850: 64 .

Tabanus longitudinalis Loew, 1852: 658 . Tabanus dorsivitta Walker, 1854: 231 [nec Walker, 1850]. Tabanus serratus Loew, 1858a: 337 .

Tabanus exclamationis Girard, 1881: 228 . Tabanus subelongatus var. proximus Corti, 1895: 132 . Tabanus proximus Corti, 1895: 132 .

Tabanus virgatus Austen, 1906: 60 .

Tabanus pictipes Becker, 1923: 63 .

Type locality. Nigeria.

Diagnosis. Length. (Male) body 14.5–16 mm, wing 13.3–13.9 mm; (female) body 17–19.8 mm, wing 15.1– 16.2 mm.

Frons in females parallel sided; frontal index in female 3.33–3.39; subcallus entirely dusted; eyes with sharply distinct band in male; R4 without appendix; abdomen fusiform, buff colored with 4 longitudinal brown stripes.

Local distribution. Lower Nile, Upper Nile, Western Desert.

Geographical distribution. Angola, Congo Basin, Egypt, South Africa, Mozambique, Nigeria, northern Chad, Saudi Arabia, Sudan.

Specimens examined. Luxor, 3.VIII.1945 (1 3); Pyramids, 20.VII.1952 (1 Ƥ); Mansourah, 10.VIII.1965 (3 Ƥ); El-Fayoum, 8.IX.2005 (1 Ƥ); El-Monophiya, 11.VII.2009 (1 Ƥ); El-Sharqiya, 16.VII.2009 (1 Ƥ); El-Khanka, El-Qalubiya, 15.VIII.2009 (1 3); El-Monophiya, 20.IX.2009 (1 Ƥ); Bahariya Oasis, VII.2012 (1 Ƥ) (ASUC); Choubra, Bahtine, outside wall of stable, 11.V. to 17.VI.1910 (1 Ƥ); Glaezirela, 11.VI.1921 (1 3); Tisfa, 24.VI.1924 (2 3); Helwan, 5.X.1935 (3 3); Helwan, 12.X.1935 (1 3); Helwan, 22.X.1935 (1 3); Tesla, 11.IX.1944 (1 3); El-Fayoum, Taimiyal, 9.VIII.1948 (12 3); El-Fayoum, Taimiyal, 7.V.1950 (8 Ƥ); El-Fayoum, Taimiyal, 14.V.1950 (1 Ƥ) (CUC); Abu Rawash, 26.VIII.1925 (1 3); Tisfa, 18.VIII.1929 (12 3, 5 Ƥ) (ESEC); Dakhla Oasis, 17.IV.1917 (1 3); Gheyirel, 11.VI.1921 (2 Ƥ); Ghegerela, 11.VI.1922 (1 3); Ezbet El-Nakhl, 24.VI.1924 (2 3, 1 Ƥ); Tisfa, 24.VI.1924 (2 3); Tisfa, 26.VI.1924 (1 3); Kharga Oasis, 12.VI.1926 (1 3); Kerdasa, 1.VI.1927 (1 3); Kerdassa, 6.VI.1928 (1 3); Helwan, 24.IX.1929 (1 3); Benisuef, 20.VI.1931 (1 Ƥ); Pyramids, 19.VI.1932 (1 3); Matana, 26.V.1933 (1 3); Mushtuhor, VIII.1952 (1 3); Mushtuhor, VIII.1953 (1 3) (MAC); Tisfa, 26.VI.1924 (1 3); Kafer Hakim, 19.VIII.1925 (1 3); Ain Shams, 3.IX.1925 (1 Ƥ); Kharga Oasis, 18.VI.1928 (1 3) (AZUC).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Head, dorsal view. A-E. Males. A. A. agrestis (Wiedemann). B. T. autumnalis Linnaeus. C. T. mordax Austen. D. T. sufis Jaennicke. E. T. taeniola Palisot de Beauvois. F-J. Females. F. A. agrestis (Wiedemann). G. T. autumnalis Linnaeus. H. T. mordax Austen. I. T. sufis Jaennicke. J. T. taeniola Palisot de Beauvois. Scale line = 3 mm.