Atylotus pulchellus (Loew), 1858

(Figs 6, 11, 13)

Tabanus pulchellus Loew, 1858: 597 .

Tabanus cyprianus Ricardo, 1911: 248 .

Ochrops karybenthinus Szilády, 1915: 103 .

Type-locality. Asia Minor.

Diagnosis. Length. (male) body 10.5–12.1 mm, wing 8.6–9 mm; (female) body 10.8–12.3 mm, wing 8.9–9.5 mm.

Frons parallel sided; frontal index in female 3.18–3.23; eyes bare; post-occipital rim elongated and puffed out in male; apical part of the wing darker than basal part, R 4 with long appendix; abdomen whitish grey with 4 greyish brown longitudinal spots, the two median spots often forming a broad median longitudinal brown stripe.

Local distribution: Coastal strip, Western Desert.

Geographical distribution. Algeria, China, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Turkey.

Specimens examined. Bahariya Oasis 19–21.V.2009 (1 ♀); Bahariya Oasis, VII.2012 (2 m #) (ASUC); Ezbet El-Nakhl, 11.V.1921 (1 ♂); Siwa Oasis, 24.VIII.1930 (1 ♀); Kharga Senoh, 15.II.1937 (1 ♀); El-Fayoum, 30.IV.1943 (1 ♀); El-Fayoum, Girza Route , 14.IV.1947 (1 ♀); El-Fayoum, Girza Route , 9.IV.1950 (4 ♂) (CUC); Kafr-Hakim, 18.VII.1924 (1 ♀ Kröber det. 1924); Faraskur, 12.VI .1925 (1 ♀ Kröber det. 1925) (EESC); Kharga Oasis, 9.VII.1918 (1 ♀); Kharga Oasis, 13.III.1924 (1 ♀); Ezbet El-Nakhl, 25.IV.1924 (1 ♂); Bahariya Oasis, 1.VI .1927 (1 ♀); Kharga Oasis, 13.III.1934 (1 ♀); Mammura, August 1958 (1 ♀) (PPDD) .

FIGURES. 7–13. Female Frons. 7–11. 7. Atylotus shagrensis sp. nov. 8. Atylotus Agricola (Wiedemann, 1828) . 9. Atylotus farinosus (Szilády, 1915) . 10. Atylotus agrestis (Wiedemann, 1828) . 11. Atylotus pulchellus (Loew, 1858) . Wings. 12–13. 12. Atylotus agrestis (Wiedemann, 1828) . 13. Atylotus pulchellus (Loew, 1858) .