Leucotabanus pauculus Fairchild, 1951

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 : 374-375

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4651.2.10

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5945371

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Leucotabanus pauculus Fairchild, 1951
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Leucotabanus pauculus Fairchild, 1951 View in CoL

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Diagnosis. Size 8.5–11mm. Frontal index 7–8.3. Species similar to the smaller specimens of L. exaestuans , but with a more divergent frons, divergence index 1.6–2.2 ( exaestuans = 1.2–1.4), relatively long antennal style. Palpus with predominantly white hairs, wing with slightly smoky coloration, all abdominal tergites with a white posterior band, and terminal abdominal segments not laterally compressed.

Comments. The male was described by Krolow et al. (2010). L. pauculus , an Amazonian species, inhabits the primary forest. Fairchild (1985) reported collecting a female that attacked a dog.

Material examined. VENEZUELA, Amazonas (18 ♀ and ♂ USNM) ; BRAZIL, Pará, Tumucumaque (♀ MPEG) ; Amazonas, Benjamin Constant (♀ AMNH) ; idem, Anavilhanas (♀ INPA) ; idem, Manaus and vicinities (20 ♀ and 2 ♂ INPA) ; idem, Parque Nacional do Jaú (♀ INPA) ; idem, Maturacá (♀ INPA) ; idem, Iauaretê (♀ MPEG) ; idem, Urucu river (♀ INPA) ; Acre, Serra do Divisor (♀ INPA) ; Rondônia, Ariquemes (♀ INPA) .

Distribution. Eastern Colombia; southern Venezuela; Brazil (Amapá; Amazonas; Pará; Rondônia).

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

MPEG

Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi

AMNH

American Museum of Natural History

INPA

Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Diptera

Family

Tabanidae

Genus

Leucotabanus

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