6. Tabanus (Tabanus) tenens Walker, 1850

1850. Tabanus tenens Walker, Insecta Saunders., Dipt., 1: 49.

Type locality: East India.

Material examined: 1♀, collected from cow, 23°17'24.55"N, 87°24'52.28"E, 76.4 m, Station 8, Bankura, 29.ix.2013, Coll. S.K. Sinha ; 2♀♀, collected from cow, 23°18'31.42"N, 87°18'14.02"E, 85.9 m, Station 5, Bankura, 20.iv.2014, Coll. A. Maity.

Distribution: India (West Bengal: E Midnapore, Bankura, Maldah, Birbhum, Hooghly, S 24 Paragana; Assam, Orissa, Sikkim); SE Asia.

Remarks: The adult fly is an important mechanical vector of Surra disease and is also implicated in the transmission of anthrax.