Tabanus biguttatus Wiedemann, 1830
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Tabanus biguttatus Wiedemann, 1830 |
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Tabanus biguttatus Wiedemann, 1830 View in CoL
Tabanus biguttatus View in CoL is distributed through Afrotropical region except Congo basin ( Sasaki 2005). This species is known from Saudi Arabia and Yemen ( Amoudi 1989; Ježek et al. 2017). Tabanus biguttatus View in CoL breeds in temporary water bodies and lays the eggs in a spherical mass on grass and reeds, with each mass containing up to 450 eggs ( Oldroyd 1954). The male, according to Oldroyd (1954), prefers tree trunks and huge stones or boulders.
Amoudi, M. A. (1989) New records of Tabanidae (Diptera) from south-west Saudi Arabia with some aspects of their distributions and biological information. Journal of Biological Science Research, 20, 115 - 127.
Jezek, J., Tkoc, M. & van Harten, A. (2017) Order Diptera, Family Tabanidae. In: van Harten, A. (Eds.), Arthropod Fauna of the UAE. Abu Dhabi, pp. 477 - 537.
Oldroyd, H. (1954) The Horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the Ethiopian Region, Vol. II: Tabanus and Related Genera. British Museum (Natural History) London, 341 pp.
Sasaki, H. (2005) Tabanid flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania, East Africa. Journal of Rakuno Gakuen University, 30 (1), 93 - 98.
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