Leucotabanus flavinotum ( Kröber, 1934 )

Henriques, Augusto L. & Krolow, Tiago K., 2019, The genus Leucotabanus Lutz (Diptera: Tabanidae) in the Amazon region, with the description of a new species, Zootaxa 4651 (2), pp. 366-378 : 373

Leucotabanus flavinotum ( Kröber, 1934)

( Fig. 5 A–E)

Diagnosis. Size 8.6–10.8mm. Frontal Index 5–5.9. Species easily recognizable due to the scutum and scutellum covered with lemon-yellow hairs, black legs and abdomen, subcallus smooth and shiny, orange antenna and hyaline wing with orange costal cell.

Comments. The male was described by Kröber (1931) as Tabanus nigriflavus Kröber, 1931 , and more recently by Wilkerson (1979). L. flavinotum has been captured in the lower stratum of the primary forest. It attacks horses, cattle and occasionally man.

Material examined. PANAMA, Colón, Gamboa , v.1953 (♀ INPA) ; canal zone, v.1953, Blanton coll. (♀ MPEG) ; PERU, Madre de Dios, Tambopata river , 290m, x.1982, Wilkerson coll. (♀ MPEG) ; BRAZIL, Acre, Porto Acre, x–xi.1991, Gorayeb et al. coll. (18 ♀ MPEG, 2 ♀ INPA) .

Distribution. Southern Costa Rica; Panama; Colombia; Venezuela; eastern Peru; Brazil (Acre; Amazonas).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Leucotabanus flavinotum, A–E (female): A. dorsal view; B. ventral view; C. lateral view; D. head, frontal view; E. head, lateral view.