Dasychela Explained

Dasychela is a genus of biting horseflies of the family Tabanidae. There are 8 species with a neotropical distribution, with one—D. badia—found in Central America.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

• Dasychela badia (Kröber, 1931)^[4]
• Dasychela inca (Philip, 1960)^[5]
• Dasychela ocellus (Walker, 1848)^[6]
• Dasychela peruviana (Bigot, 1892)^[7]
• Dasychela macintyrei (Bequaert, 1937)^[8]
• Dasychela biramula Fairchild, 1958^[9]
• Dasychela limbativena Enderlein, 1922

Notes and References

1. Book: Brown, Brian Victor . Manual of Central American Diptera. NRC Research Press. 2009. 1. 505. 9780660198330.
2. Moucha . J. . Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue. . Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements . 1976 . 7 . 1–320 . 11 September 2022.
3. Fairchild . G.B. . Burger . J.F. . A catalog of the Tabanidae (Diptera) of the Americas south of the United States . Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute . 1994 . 55 . vii + 249.
4. Kröber . O. . Neue neotropische Tabaniden aus der Unterfamilie Bellardiinae und Tabaninae . Revista de Entomologica . 1931 . 1 . 400–417.
5. Philip . C.B. . Further records of neotropical Tabanidae (Diptera) mostly from Peru . Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences . 1960 . 31 . 1 . 69–102.
6. Book: Walker . F. . List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1 . 1848 . 1–229 . British Museum . London .
7. Bigot . J.M.F. . Descriptions de Diptères nouveaux. Tabanidi . Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France . 1892 . 5 . 602–691 . 8 July 2022.
8. Bequaert . J.C. . Triceratomyia, a new South American genus of Pangoniinae (Diptera, Tabanidae) . Revista de Entomologica . 1937 . 7 . 350–353.
9. Fairchild . G.B. . Notes on Neotropical Tabanidae. II. Descriptions of new species and new records for Panama . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 1958 . 51 . 517–530 . 15 October 2022.