Atylotus pulchellus (Loew, 1858), 2009

Al-Talafha, Hazem A. & Amr, Zuhair S., 2024, Tabanidae Fauna (Order: Diptera) of the Arab Countries in the Middle East, Ecologica Montenegrina 71, pp. 53-85 : 71

Atylotus pulchellus (Loew, 1858)

This species is a Mediterranean element with a wide distribution ( Abbassian-Lintzen 1964). It is known from, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Syria ( Abu El-Hassan et al. 2019). Moreover, it was recorded from Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Algeria, and China ( Müller et al. 2012c). Under laboratory conditions, the species was identified as a vector of trypanosomiasis in camels and horses (Al-Talafha et al. 2004).