Tabanus mordax Austen

(Figs 1 C, 1H, 3G, 4F)

Tabanus mordax Austen, 1911a: 175 .

Type locality. Sudan.

Diagnosis. Length. (Male) body 10.6–12.8 mm, wing 8.2–10.6 mm; (female) body 13.0–14.0 mm, wing 10.0– 11.6 mm.

Frons in females with sides not parallel; frontal index in female 2.1–2.2; subcallus entirely smooth and strongly bulging; R4 without appendix; abdomen blackish brown with 2 oval grey longitudinal separated spots.

Local distribution. South-eastern Desert (Gebel Elba).

Geographical distribution. Chad, Egypt, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Sudan.

Specimens examined. Gebel Elba, I.1933 (2 Ƥ); G. Elba, South eastern desert, 15.III.-30.IV.1928 (1 Ƥ); W. Edeil, 26.II.-7.III.1938 (1 Ƥ) (CUC); Gebel Elba, South Eastern Desert, 15.III.-IV.1928 (2 3, 1 Ƥ) (ESEC); Gebel Elba, South Eastern Desert, 15.III.-IV.1928 (1 3) (MAC).