Atylotus pulchellus ( Loew), 1858

Abu El-Hassan, Gawhara M. M., Badrawy, Haitham B. M., Fadl, Hassan H. & Mohammad, Salwa K., 2019, Review of the horse flies of the genus Atylotus Osten Sacken, 1876 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Egypt, with description of a new species, Zootaxa 4551 (1), pp. 79-86 : 83-84

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.1.5
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scientific name	Atylotus pulchellus ( Loew), 1858
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Atylotus pulchellus ( Loew), 1858 View in CoL

(Figs 6, 11, 13)

Tabanus pulchellus Loew, 1858: 597 View in CoL .

Tabanus cyprianus Ricardo, 1911: 248 View in CoL .

Ochrops karybenthinus Szilády, 1915: 103 View in CoL .

Type-locality. Asia Minor.

Diagnosis. Length. (male) body 10.5–12.1 mm, wing 8.6–9 mm; (female) body 10.8–12.3 mm, wing 8.9–9.5 mm.

Frons parallel sided; frontal index in female 3.18–3.23; eyes bare; post-occipital rim elongated and puffed out in male; apical part of the wing darker than basal part, R 4 with long appendix; abdomen whitish grey with 4 greyish brown longitudinal spots, the two median spots often forming a broad median longitudinal brown stripe.

Local distribution: Coastal strip, Western Desert.

Geographical distribution. Algeria, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey.

Specimens examined. Bahariya Oasis 19–21.V.2009 (1 ♀); Bahariya Oasis , VII.2012 (2 m #) ( ASUC); Ezbet El-Nakhl , 11.V.1921 (1 ♂); Siwa Oasis , 24.VIII.1930 (1 ♀); Kharga Senoh , 15.II.1937 (1 ♀); El-Fayoum , 30.IV.1943 (1 ♀); El-Fayoum , Girza Route , 14.IV.1947 (1 ♀); El-Fayoum , Girza Route , 9.IV.1950 (4 ♂) ( CUC); Kafr-Hakim , 18.VII.1924 (1 ♀ Kröber det. 1924); Faraskur , 12.VI .1925 (1 ♀ Kröber det. 1925) (EESC); Kharga Oasis , 9.VII.1918 (1 ♀); Kharga Oasis , 13.III.1924 (1 ♀); Ezbet El-Nakhl , 25.IV.1924 (1 ♂); Bahariya Oasis , 1.VI .1927 (1 ♀); Kharga Oasis , 13.III.1934 (1 ♀); Mammura , August 1958 (1 ♀) ( PPDD) .