Chrysops italicus (Meigen, 1804)

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 : 65

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.37828/em.2024.71.7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13250606
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/496A87AC-1337-FFBD-FF2F-239B8891F85B
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Chrysops italicus (Meigen, 1804)
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Chrysops italicus (Meigen, 1804) View in CoL

Chrysops italicus View in CoL is halophilous species ( Krčmar & Mikuška 2012). The larvae dwell solely in brackish waters ( Chvála et al. 1972). Most specimens collected by Krčmar et al. (2008) were from brackish water. Chrysops italicus View in CoL is a Palearctic species. It is distributed through Mediterranean Basin; Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and through Europe (South and central) to Turkey and Iran ( Chvála et al. 1972). In the Arab countries of the Middle East, the species was recorded from Lebanon only ( Müller et al. 2012b). Chrysops italicus View in CoL and C. buxtoni View in CoL were collected during attempting to attack man ( Müller et al. 2012b). More sampling will increase the chance to collect hamatus View in CoL and italicus View in CoL in the remaining Arab countries of the Middle East.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Diptera
Family	Tabanidae
Genus	Chrysops