Tabanus albifacies Loew

Abu El-Hassan, Gawhara M. M., Badrawy, Haitham B. M., Fadl, Hassan H. & Mohammad, Salwa K., 2013, A review of the genus Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Egypt, Zootaxa 3691 (5), pp. 559-576 : 562

Tabanus albifacies Loew

( Figs 3 A, 5A)

Tabanus albifacies Loew, 1856: 27 . Tabanus politus Walker, 1871: 256 .

Type locality. Egypt.

Diagnosis. Length. (Male) body 10.3–13.7 mm, wing 9.3–9.7 mm; (female) body 9.8–12.5 mm, wing 8.5–9.4 mm.

Dark brownish species; frons in females with sides not parallel; frontal index in (female) 2.4–2.45; subcallus entirely dusted; antennal scape blackish with whitish hairs, post occipital rim narrow; thorax with 5 greyish longitudinal stripes; R4 with appendix; abdomen blackish brown with 3 longitudinal stripes consisting of row of median triangles and 2 longitudinal white oval separated spots.

Local distribution. Coastal Strip, Western Desert.

Geographical distribution. Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan.

Specimens examined. Bahariya Oasis, 19–21.V.2009 (1 3); Bahariya Oasis, VII.2012 (3 Ƥ) (ASUC); Mariout, 24.V.1925 (1 3, 1 Ƥ); Ein Gedeis, 19.VIII.1937 (2 3) (CUC); Dekhela, 24.V.1925 (4 3 Type T. politus Kröber det. 1925, 1 3, 4 Ƥ); 24.VI.1926 (1 Ƥ), Dekhela Mariout, 24.V.1925 (1 Ƥ); Dekhela Mariout, 18.VI.1929 (1 3) (ESEC); Dekhela Mariout, 7.IX.1924 (1 Ƥ); Dekhela Mariout, 24.V.1925 (1 3, 5 Ƥ); Ghoubbet El-Bous, Suez, 20.IV.1925 (3 Ƥ); Siwa Oasis, 26.III.1927 (1 Ƥ) (MAC); Dekhela Mariout, 24.V.1925 (1 3); Ghoubbet El- Bous, VIII.1929 (1 3) (AZUC).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Female frons, anterior view. A. T. albifacies Loew. B. T. arenivagus Austen. C. T. autumnalis Linnaeus. D. T. gratus Loew. E. T. leleani Austen (adapted from Chvála et al. 1972). F. T. lunatus Fabricius G. T. mordax Austen. H. T. rupinae Austen. I. T. separatus Efflatoun. J. T. sufis Jaennicke. K. T. taeniola Palisot de Beauvois. L. T. unicinctus Loew (adapted from Loew 1856). Scale line = 1 mm. (L. not scaled).