Atylotus farinosus ( Szilády), 1915

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 : 82-83

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scientific name	Atylotus farinosus ( Szilády), 1915
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Atylotus farinosus ( Szilády), 1915 View in CoL

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Ochrops farinosus Szilády, 1915: 102 View in CoL .

Ochrops ouriensis Surcouf, 1923: 240 View in CoL .

Type-locality. Arabische Wüste (= “Arabian desert”, Saudi Arabia).

Diagnosis. Length. (male) body 13.5 mm, wing 9.9 mm; (female) body 11.5 mm, wing 8.5 mm.

Frons in females with sides not parallel; frontal index in female 2.26; eyes bare; wing with yellow veins; abdominal tergites with 4 greyish brown longitudinal spots.

Local distribution: Coastal strip.

Geographical distribution. Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria.

Specimens examined. Ramleh, 12.V.1921 (1 ♂, Type of Ochrops farinosus ); Dekheila Marioute, IX.1924 (1 ♀); Dekhela, 24.V.1925 (1 ♂, Type of Ochrops farinosus ) (CUC); Ezbet El-Nakhl, 24.VI.1924 (1 ♀); Dekheila 15.IX.1929 (1 ♀) ( EESC) ; Dekheila Mariout, 24.V.1926 (1 ♀) ( PPDD) .

Remarks. Müller et al. (2012) mentioned this species as a new record for the Sinai Peninsula.