Diachlorus Explained

Diachlorus is a genus of biting horseflies of the family Tabanidae. D. ferrugatus ranges from the southeastern United States to Costa Rica. There are 27 species with a neotropical distribution, with the greatest diversity in Brazil, while 3 are found in Central America.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

• Diachlorus afflictus (Wiedemann, 1828)^[4]
• Diachlorus aitkeni Fairchild, 1972^[5]
• Diachlorus altivagus Lutz, 1913^[6]
• Diachlorus anduzei Stone, 1944^[7]
• Diachlorus bicinctus (Fabricius, 1805)
• Diachlorus bimaculatus (Wiedemann, 1828)^[4]
• Diachlorus bivittatus (Wiedemann, 1828)^[4]
• Diachlorus curvipes (Fabricius, 1805)
• Diachlorus distinctus Lutz, 1913^[6]
• Diachlorus fairchildi Henriques & Rafael, 1999^[8]
• Diachlorus falsifuscistigma Henriques & Rafael, 1999^[8]
• Diachlorus fascipennis Lutz, 1913^[6]
• Diachlorus ferrugatus (Fabricius, 1805)
• Diachlorus flavitaenia Lutz, 1913^[6]
• Diachlorus fuscistigma Lutz, 1913^[6]
• Diachlorus glaber (Wiedemann, 1828)^[4]
• Diachlorus habecki Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1982^[9]
• Diachlorus heppneri Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1982^[9]
• Diachlorus immaculatus (Wiedemann, 1828)^[4]
• Diachlorus jobbinsi Fairchild, 1942^[10]
• Diachlorus leticia Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1982^[9]
• Diachlorus leucotibialis Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1982^[9]
• Diachlorus neivai Lutz, 1913^[6]
• Diachlorus nuneztovari Fairchild & Ortiz, 1955^[11]
• Diachlorus pechumani Fairchild, 1972^[5]
• Diachlorus podagricus (Fabricius, 1805)
• Diachlorus scutellatus (Macquart, 1838)^[12]
• Diachlorus tenuimaculatus Henriques & Krolow, 2020^[13]
• Diachlorus trevori Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1982^[9]
• Diachlorus varipes (Rondani, 1848)^[14]
• Diachlorus xynus Fairchild, 1972^[5]

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. Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico . 1995 . Burger . J. F. . International Contributions on Entomology. 1 . 1 . 1–100. Associated Publishers .
4. Book: Wiedemann . Christian Rudolph Wilhelm . Aussereuropäische zweiflügelige Insekten. Als Fortsetzung des Meigenschen Werks . 1828 . Zweiter Theil. Schulz . Hamm . xxxii + 608 pp., 7 pls .
5. Fairchild . G.B. . Notes on neotropical Tabanidae (Diptera) XIII. The genus Diachlorus O. S. . Florida Entomologist . 1972 . 55 . 219–229 . 10.2307/3493370 . 3493370 . 4 November 2022.
6. Lutz . A. . Tabanidas do Brasil e alguns Estados vizinhos. Tabaniden Brasiliens und eineger Nachbarstaaten. . Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz . 1913 . 5 . 2 . 142–191, placas 12–13. 10.1590/S0074-02761913000200004 . free .
7. Stone . A. . Some Tabanidae from Venezuela . Bol. Ent. Venezolana . 1944 . 3 . 125–138.
8. Henriques . A.L. . Rafael . J.A. . Tabanidae (Diptera) from Parque Nacional do Jaú, Amazonas, Brazil, with description of two new species of Diachlorus Osten Sacken . Memoirs on Entomology International . 1999 . 14 . 194–222 . 4 November 2022.
9. Wilkerson . R.C. . Fairchild . G.B. . Five new species of Diachlorus (Diptera: Tabanidae) from South America, with a revised key to species and new locality rcords . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 1982 . 84 . 636–650 . 4 November 2022.
10. Fairchild . G.B. . Notes on Tabanidae (Dipt.) from Panama. -- IX. The genera Stenotabanus Lutz, Lepiselaga Macquart and related genera . Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 1942 . 35 . 3 . 289–309. 10.1093/aesa/35.3.289 .
11. Fairchild . G.B. . Oritz . I. . Algunos Tabanidae del Bajo Orinoco, Venezuela. . Nov. Cient. Contr. Ocas. Mus. Hist. Nat. La Salle, Caracas (Ser. Zool.) . 1955 . 16 (1954) . 3–7.
12. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Insectes diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome premier.-1re partie . 1838 . Roret . Paris . 5–221, 25 pls.
13. Henriques . A.L. . Krolow . T.K. . Tabanidae (Diptera) del Perú: list actualizada y descripción de tres nuevas especies . Revista Peruana de Biologia . 2020 . 27 . 4 . 429–440. 10.15381/rpb.v27i4.19196 . 229431927 . free .
14. Rondani . C. . 1848 . Esame di varie specie di'insetti ditteri brasiliani . Examination of various species of Brazilian diptera insects . Italian . Studi entomologici . Turino . 1 . 2 . 63–112 .