Atylotus agricola ( Wiedemann), 1828

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 : 82

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scientific name	Atylotus agricola ( Wiedemann), 1828
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Atylotus agricola ( Wiedemann), 1828 View in CoL

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Tabanus agricola Wiedemann, 1828: 556 View in CoL .

Ochrops grisescens Szilády, 1915: 104 View in CoL .

Type locality: Red Sea ( Egypt) .

Diagnosis. Length. (male) body 13.7–15 mm, wing 11.2–12 mm; (female) body 14.1–16 mm, wing 10.5–11.9 mm.

Frons in females yellowish dusted, with parallel sided; frontal index in female 2.72–2.75; subcallus yellowish dusted, lower and median calli distinct; eyes hairy; abdomen reddish yellow with a broad blackish median spots with the longest on 2 nd tergites and the broadest on 3 th and 4 th ..

Local distribution: Coastal strip, Western Desert.

Geographical distribution. Bulgaria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Turkey.

Specimens examined. Mirsa Matrouh, 7.VIII.1931 (2 ♀); Hurghada , 4.V.1939 (1 ♀) ( CUC); Abou-Kir , 3.VI .1924 (1 ♂, 1 ♀, det. by Kröber 1924) (ESEC); Ismailia, 25.VII.1915 (2 ♀); Egypt , 7.VII.1916 (1 ♀); Mullah , 22.VII.1916 (1 ♀); Baharyia Oasis , 1.VI .1927 (1 ♀) (PPDD).