Tabanus autumnalis Linnaeus

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

Tabanus autumnalis Linnaeus

( Figs 1 B, 1G, 3C, 5C)

Tabanus autumnalis Linnaeus, 1761: 462 . Tabanus auctumnalis Zeller, 1842: 816 . Tabanus bovinus Harris, 1776: 27 .

Tabanus molestans Becker, 1913: 77 .

Tabanus brunnescens Szilády, 1914: 671 . Tabanus guttiventris Enderlein, 1925: 356 .

Type locality. Sweden.

Diagnosis. Length. (Male) body 19.0– 21 mm, wing 14.5–14.8 mm; (female) body 15.8–19.5 mm, wing 13.0– 15.3 mm.

Head without parafacial band; frons in females parallel sided; frontal index in female 3.68–3.7; subcallus entirely dusted; lower callus in female elongated-ovoid, middle callus very narrow and jointed with lower callus; eyes in male with broad band covering almost the large facets; R4 without appendix; abdomen greyish with 4 longitudinal reddish brown triangles.

Local distribution. Lower Nile, North Sinai.

Geographical distribution. Afghanistan, Algeria, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Mongolia, Morocco, Tunisia, and Turkey.

Specimens examined. W. Ghedeirat, 8.V.1934 (1 3) (CUC); Wadi El-Natroun, 6.VIII.1929 (4 3, 4 Ƥ) (ESEC); Wadi El-Natroun, 6.VIII.1925 (1 Ƥ) (MAC); Wadi El-Natroun, 6.VIII.1929 (1 3, 1 Ƥ) (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.