Tabanus sufis Jaennicke

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 : 571

Tabanus sufis Jaennicke

( Figs 1 D, 1I, 3J, 4I, 5H)

Tabanus sufis Jaennicke, 1867: 332 .

Tabanus alboventralis Newstead, 1907: 46 . Tabanus lacteipennis Becker, 1912: 589 .

Type locality. Nubia ( Sudan).

Diagnosis. Length. (Male) body 9.1–10.1 mm, wing 7.8–8 mm; (female) body 9–10 mm, wing 7.4–7.8 mm.

Frontal stripe broad, frontal index in female 1.3–1.32; subcallus with a small smooth patch in the upper margin; R4 with appendix; abdomen blackish brown to black with 3 longitudinal stripes consisting of a row of grey median triangles and 2 whitish grey longitudinal separated spots with those on tergum 2 being the longest.

Local distribution. Coastal Strip, Lower Nile, Sinai and Western Desert.

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

Specimens examined. Kom osheim, 6.VI.1946 (1 Ƥ); Kom osheim, 9.V.1954 (1 Ƥ); El-Fayoum, 30.IX.1993 (1 Ƥ); Bahariya Oasis, 19–21.V.2009 (2 Ƥ); Tanta, 28.VIII.–1.IX.2012. (5 Ƥ) (ASUC); Fayed, 24.IX.1925 (1 Ƥ); Serapeum, 13.X.1926 (1 Ƥ); Naga Hammadi, 27.IX.1935 (1 Ƥ); Gedesie, Sinai, 6.VIII.1937 (2 Ƥ); El-Fayoum, 5.VIII.1946 (12 Ƥ); Fayoum Road, 1.VI.1947 (1 Ƥ); El-Fayoum, Tamiyoh, 16.VI.1947 (1 Ƥ); El-Fayoum, Tamiyoh, 25.VII.1948 (3 Ƥ); Fayoum Karoun, 12.VIII.1948 (1 Ƥ); Mersa Matrouh, 24.VIII.1962 (4 Ƥ) (CUC); Meadi, 2.X.1924 (1 Ƥ); Fayed, 24.VIII.1925 (1 Ƥ); Gabel Asfer, 27.X.1925 (1 Ƥ); Serapeum, 13.X.1926 (2 Ƥ); Ghoubbet El–Bous, VIII.1929 (1 Ƥ); Tisfa, 18.VIII.1929 (1 Ƥ) (ESEC); Meadi, 20.IX.1911 (2 Ƥ); 2.VIII.1914 (1 3); Nag Hamadi, 17.VIII.1917 (1 3); Ghezireh, 12.IX.1917 (1 Ƥ); Kharga Oasis, 17.IX.1917 (1 Ƥ); Subra, 4.X.1917 (1 Ƥ); Dakhla Oasis, (2 Ƥ); Deir, Upper Egypt, 12.X.1920 (1 Ƥ); El-Marg, 9.IX.1933 (1 Ƥ); Kafer El- Dems, 8.IX.1928 (1 Ƥ); Enshas, 27.IX.1930 (1 Ƥ); El-Kantara, 13.V.1964 (1 Ƥ) (MAC); Faraskure 12. VIII. 1925 (1 3) (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.