Atylotus virgo ( Wiedemann, 1824 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3761958 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3804897 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1A6F87A3-1B60-CF61-FE4C-FAC78798FEAE |
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Felipe |
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Atylotus virgo ( Wiedemann, 1824 ) |
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2. Atylotus virgo ( Wiedemann, 1824) View in CoL
1824. Tabanus virgo Wiedemann, Analecta. Entomol. View in CoL , p. 22.
1973. Atylotus virgo Philip, Entomol. Scand. Suppl. View in CoL , 4: 57.
Type locality: “Indies orientalis”
Material examined: 1♀, collected from cow, 23°17 ʹ 25.29 ʺ N, 87°15 ʹ 2.58 ʺ E, 92.9 m, Station 1, Bankura , 23.ix.2013, Coll. A. Naskar GoogleMaps ; 1♀, collected from cow, 23°16'13.29"N, 87°11'51.51"E, 108.7 m, Station 3, Bankura , 12.iii.2015, Coll. A. Maity GoogleMaps .
Distribution: India (West Bengal: Bankura, Puruliya, S 24 Paraganas; Andaman Island, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand).
Elsewhere: Sri Lanka, Pakistan.
Remarks: Burger (1981) put forwarded the conflict regarding placement of this species under genus Atylotus as it differs in many features from it. It can transmit Surra disease pathogens.
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