Gastroxides Explained

Gastroxides is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.^[1] This genus possesses three closely placed ocelli at the vertex of the head, between the compound eyes.

Species

• Gastroxides ater Saunders, 1842 - India
• Gastroxides ornatus (Bigot, 1859) - Sri Lanka
• Gastroxides shirakii Ôuchi, 1939^[2] - China

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. Ôuchi . Y. . Diptera Sinica. Tabanidae. I. On some horseflies belonging to the Subfamily Pangoninae from Eastern and Northern China, Manchoukuo and Northern Corea. . J. Shanghai Sci. Inst. . 1939 . 4 . 3 . 175–189.