Chrysopsini Explained

Chrysopsini is a tribe of horse and deer flies in the family Tabanidae.^[1]

Genera

• Chrysops Meigen, 1803^[2]
• Melissomorpha Ricardo, 1906^[3]
• Nemorius Rondani, 1856^[4]
• Neochrysops Walton, 1918^[5]
• Picromyza Quentin, 1979^[6] (Sometimes placed in Chrysops)
• Silviomyza Philip & Mackerras, 1960^[7]
• Silvius Meigen, 1820^[8]
• Surcoufia Kröber, 1922^[9]

Notes and References

1. Moucha . J. . Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue. . Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements . 1976 . 7 . 1–320 . 11 September 2022.
2. Meigen. J. W.. Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten. Mag. Insektenkd. 1803. 2. 259–281.
3. Ricardo . G. . [Description of a new fly of the family Tabanidae] . Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London . 1906 . 1906 . 6.
4. Book: Rondani . Camillo . Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata . 1856 . A. Stocchi . Parmae [= Parma]. . 226 + [2] . 17 October 2020.
5. McAtee . W.L. . Walton . W.R. . District of Columbia Diptera: Tabanidae . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 1918 . 20 . 188–206, pl. 10 . 11 September 2022.
6. Quentin . R.M. . Picromyza infernalis, n. gen., n. sp. de Madagascar (Diptera Tabanidae Chrysopsinae) . Revue Française d'Entomologie . Nouvelle Série . 1979 . 1 . 141–143.
7. Philip . C.B. . Mackerras . I.M. . On Asiatic and related Chrysopinae (Diptera: Tabanidae). . Philipp, J. Sci. . 1960 . 88 (1959) . 279–324.
8. Book: Meigen . J.W. . Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten . 1820 . Zweiter Theil. Forstmann . Aachen . xxxvi + 363 . 8 July 2022.
9. Kröber . O. . Beiträge zur Kenntnis palaarktischer Tabaniden (Teil I: Surcoufia, Heptatoma, Silvius, und Chrysozona) . Archiv für Naturgeschichte. Abt. A . 1922 . 88 . 8 . 114–164 . 19 November 2022.