Tabanus argentivittatus Fairchild

Carmo, Daniel D. D. & Henriques, Augusto L., 2019, Taxonomy of Tabanus trivittatus species-group (Diptera: Tabanidae), with description of five new species, Zootaxa 4554 (1), pp. 63-100 : 69

Tabanus argentivittatus Fairchild

( Figures 5 A–E, 6A–D, 34)

Tabanus argentivittatus Fairchild, 1976: 244 , fig. 2; Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1985: 51 ( Peru spp.); Henriques & Gorayeb, 1993: 19 (MPEG spp.); Fairchild & Burger, 1994: 131 (cat.); Henriques, 1997: 88 (INPA spp.); Coscarón & Papavero, 2009: 124 (cat.); Cárdenas et al., 2009: 527 and appendix 4: 17 ( Ecuador spp., in part).

Diagnosis. Species with single prominent dorsal stripe from tergites 1-6 and with anterior half of wing conspicuously brown tinted. All coxae and femora black. Notopleuron dark, concolorous with scutum. Frons not markedly divergent (D.I. 1.75). Subcallus inflated at lateral view.

Comments. See under T. unistriatus .

Material examined. Paratype female ( FSCA) , labels as in figure 5E; BRASIL, Amazonas, Coari (11 ♀ INPA) ; Benjamin Constant , (♀ INPA) PERU, Madre de Dios, Rio Tambopata (♀ INPA) .

Figures

FIGURE 5. Tabanus argentivittatus. Paratype female. A. Dorsal habitus. B. Lateral habitus. C. Head, anterior view. D. Head, lateral view E. Labels. Scale bars. A, B. 5 mm. C, D. 1 mm.