Tabanus leleani 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 : 568-569

Tabanus leleani Austen

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Tabanus leleani Austen, 1920: 312 .

Type locality. Wadi el Kelt, Jordan Valey near Jericho ( Palestine). Diagnosis. Length. (Male) body 12.0–14.0 mm, wing 8.7–10.8 mm; (female) body 11.0– 14.6 mm, wing 8.7– 11.6 mm.

Blackish-grey species; antennae black; female with indistinct median callus, frons in female with sides not parallel; parafacial band distinct; R4 without appendix; abdomen blackish with 2 oblique oval grey longitudinal separated spots and broad indistinct median stripe.

Local distribution. Sinai.

Geographical distribution. Afghanistan, Algeria, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Mongolia, Morocco, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Tunisia.

Remarks. This species was recorded in the list of Egyptian Tabanidae by Steyskal and El–Bialy (1967) from literature only. More recently, Müller et al. (2012) mentioned that they found this species near El Arish in late August 1995.

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).