Tabanus rupinae 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 : 570

Tabanus rupinae Austen

( Figs 3 H, 4G, 5F)

Tabanus rupinae Austen, 1920: 302 .

Type locality. Jordan Valley, Wadi el Kelt, near Jericho ( Palestine).

Diagnosis. Length. (Male) body 14.5–15.4 mm, wing 11.2–12.0 mm; (female) body 22.0 mm, wing 14.7 mm.

Female: Frons with parallel sided; frontal index 3.68; subcallus entirely dusted; R4 without appendix; thorax with 3 vestiges of greyish longitudinal stripes; abdomen reddish yellow with 2 median brown longitudinal stripes and 2 lateral brown spots on posterior margins of terga 3–7.

Local distribution. Sinai.

Geographical distribution. Egypt, Iran, Jordan, and Palestine.

Specimens examined. Bir Isla, Sinai, 7.IV.1940 (3 Ƥ); Karese Alame, W. Isla, 12.IV.1940 (2 Ƥ); Kaiser Sinai, Qendeli, 13.VI.1966 (1 Ƥ) (CUC).

Remarks. Müller et al. (2012) referred to the fact that this species is mentioned from Egypt by Abu El-Hassan et al. (2010) without giving any locality or date. The focus of that project (Abu El-Hassan et al. 2010) was a cladistic analysis of Egyptian horse flies, and it was not relevant for them to refer to the date or localities for any species. Herein, the localities and dates of the specimens which were used in the cladistic analysis (Abu El-Hassan et al. 2010) are listed in the Specimens examined section.

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).