Scaptia Explained

Scaptia is a genus of horse-fly in the tribe Scionini.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Scaptia abdominalis (Ricardo, 1917)^[3]
• Scaptia alpina Mackerras, 1960^[4]
• Scaptia arnhemensis Lessard, 2012^[5]
• Scaptia auranticula Mackerras, 1960^[4]
• Scaptia aurata (Macquart, 1838)^[6]
• Scaptia aureovestita (Ferguson & Henry, 1920)^[7]
• Scaptia auriflua (Donovan, 1805)
• Scaptia aurifulga Lessard, 2011^[5]
• Scaptia aurinigra Lessard, 2013^[8]
• Scaptia aurinotum Mackerras, 1960^[4]
• Scaptia barbara Mackerras, 1960^[4]
• Scaptia berylensis (Ricardo, 1915)^[9]
• Scaptia beyonceae Lessard, 2011^[5]
• Scaptia bifasciata (Enderlein, 1922)^[10]
• Scaptia binotata Latreille, 1811
• Scaptia brevirostris (Macquart, 1850)
• Scaptia divisa (Walker, 1850)^[11]
• Scaptia fulgida (Ferguson & Henry, 1920)^[7]
• Scaptia hardyi Mackerras, 1960^[4]
• Scaptia jacksonii (Macquart, 1838)^[12]
• Scaptia jaksoniensis (Guerin, 1831)^[13]
• Scaptia minuscula Mackerras, 1960^[4]
• Scaptia monticola Mackerras, 1960^[4]
• Scaptia norrisi Mackerras, 1960^[4]
• Scaptia orba Mackerras, 1960^[4]
• Scaptia patula (Walker, 1848)^[14]
• Scaptia plana (Walker, 1848)^[14]
• Scaptia pulchra (Ricardo, 1915)^[9]
• Scaptia similis Mackerras, 1960^[4]
• Scaptia testacea (Macquart, 1838)^[15]
• Scaptia tricolor (Walker, 1848)^[14]

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. 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.
3. Ricardo . G. . New species of Tabanidae from Australia and the Fiji Islands . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1917 . 19 . 8 . 207–224. 10.1080/00222931709486926 .
4. Mackerras . I.M. . The Tabanidae (Diptera) of Australia III. Subfamily Pangoniinae, tribe Scionini and supplement to Pangoniini . Australian Journal of Zoology . 1960 . 8 . 1–152. 10.1071/ZO9600001 .
5. Lessard . B.D. . Yeates . D.K. . New species of the Australian horse fly subgenus Scaptia (Plinthina) Walker 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae), including species descriptions and a revised key . Australian Journal of Entomology . 2012 . 50 . 241–252.
6. Macquart . P.J.M. . Notice sur le genre Pangonie . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . 1838 . 6 . 429–438, pl. 15 . 24 September 2022.
7. Ferguson . E.W. . Henry . M. . Tabanidae from Camden Haven District, New South Wales, with descriptions of new species . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1920 . 44 . 828–849 . 18 November 2022.
8. Lessard . B.D. . Yeates . D.K. . New species of the hairy-eyed horse fly subgenera Scaptia (Myioscaptia) Mackerras, 1955 and Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Australia . Zootaxa . 2013 . 3680 . 1 . 118–129 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3680.1.8 . 19 November 2022.
9. Ricardo . G. . Notes on the Tabanidae of the Australian region . The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology . 1915 . 16 . 8 . 16–40 . 29 November 2022.
10. Enderlein . G. . Ein neues Tabanidensystem . Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin . 1922 . 10 . 333–351 . 7 July 2022.
11. Book: Walker . F. . Diptera. Part I, pp. 1-76, pls. 1-2. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1 . 1850 . Van Voorst . London . 474.
12. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Insectes diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome premier.-1re partie . 1838 . Roret . Paris . 5–221, 25 pls.
13. Book: Guérin . F.E. . In Duperrey, L. I. (ed.), Voyage autour du monde sur la corvette de sa majeste La Coquille. Zoologie. Atlas. Insectes . 1831 . A. Bertrand . Paris . Plates 20–21 23–24.
14. 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 .
15. Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 4e supplement . Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts, Lille . 1850 . 1849 . 309–479, pls. 1–14 . 13 August 2021.