Tabanus tergestinus Egger, 1859

Al-Talafha, Hazem A. & Amr, Zuhair S., 2024, Tabanidae Fauna (Order: Diptera) of the Arab Countries in the Middle East, Ecologica Montenegrina 71, pp. 53-85 : 77

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2024.71.7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13250678
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/496A87AC-1323-FFA9-FF2F-230E8B7DF8B4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Tabanus tergestinus Egger, 1859
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Tabanus tergestinus Egger, 1859 View in CoL

Tabanus tergestinus View in CoL shows very little variation, only the size and number of abdominal side-markings are varied ( Leclercq 1966). It is a Palearctic species known from Central and southern Europe, in addition to former USSR and Iran ( Olsufjev 1970). It was recorded from Iraq ( Sabr 2018). According to Horváth et al. (2019), T. tergestinus View in CoL favor warm, glossy, sunny black objects over chilly, shaded ones that have the same optical properties.