Tabaninae Explained

Tabaninae is a subfamily in the family Tabanidae commonly known as horse flies . There are more than 3000 described species in Tabaninae.^{[1] [2]}

Tribes and genera

Diachlorini

• Acanthocera Macquart, 1834^[3]
• Acellomyia Gonzalez, 1999^[4]
• Anacimas Enderlein, 1923^[5]
• Anaerythrops Barretto, 1948^[6]
• Atelozella Bequaert, 1930^[7]
• Atelozomyia Dias, 1987^[8]
• Bartolomeudiasiella Dias, 1987^[9]
• Bolbodimyia Bigot, 1892^[10]
• Buestanmyia González, 2021^[11]
• Catachlorops Lutz, 1909^[12]
• Chalybosoma Oldroyd, 1949^[13]
• Chasmia Enderlein, 1922^[14]
• Chlorotabanus Lutz, 1909^[15]
• Cretotabanus Fairchild, 1969^[16]
• Cryptotylus Lutz, 1909^[15]
• Cydistomorpha Trojan, 1994^[17]
• Cydistomyia Taylor, 1919^[18]
• Dasybasis Macquart, 1847^[19]
• Dasychela Enderlein, 1922^[14]
• Dasyrhamphis Enderlein, 1922^[14]
• Diachlorus Osten Sacken, 1876^[20]
• Dichelacera Macquart, 1838^[21]
• Dicladocera Lutz, 1913^[22]
• Elephantotus Gorayeb, 2014^[23]
• Erioneura Barretto, 1951^[24]
• Eristalotabanus Kröber, 1931^[25]
• Eutabanus Kröber, 1930^[26]
• Hemichrysops Kröber, 1930^[27]
• Himantostylus Lutz, 1913^[22]
• Holcopsis Enderlein, 1923^[5]
• Japenoides Oldroyd, 1949^[13]
• Lepiselaga Macquart, 1938^[21]
• Leptapha Enderlein, 1923^[5]
• Leucotabanus Lutz, 1913^[22]
• Limata Oldroyd, 1954^[28]
• Lissimas Enderlein, 1922^[14]
• Microtabanus Fairchild, 1937^[29]
• Montismyia González, 2017^[30]
• Myiotabanus Lutz, 1928^[31]
• Nanorrhynchus Olsoufiev, 1937^[32]
• Neavella Oldroyd, 1954^[28]
• Neobolbodimyia Ricardo, 1913^[33]
• Oopelma Enderlein, 1923^[5]
• Pachyschelomyia Barretto, 1951^[24]
• Phaeotabanus Lutz, 1913^[22]
• Philipomyia Olsufjev, 1964^[34]
• Philipota Kapoor, 1991^[35]
• Philipotabanus Fairchild, 1943^[36]
• Pseudacanthocera Lutz, 1913^[37]
• Rhabdotylus Lutz, 1909^[15]
• Roquezia Wilkerson, 1985^[38]
• Selasoma Macquart, 1838^[21]
• Spilotabanus Fairchild, 1969^[16]
• Stenotabanus Lutz, 1913^[22]
• Stibasoma Schiner, 1867^[39]
• Stonemyia Burger, 1985^[40]
• Stypommisa Enderlein, 1923^[5]
• Teskeyellus Philip & Fairchild, 1974^[41]

Haematopotini

• Haematopota Meigen, 1803^[42]
• Heptatoma Meigen, 1803^[42]
• Hippocentrodes Philip, 1961^[43]
• Hippocentrum Austen, 1908^[44]

Tabanini

• Agkistrocerus Philip, 1941^[45]
• Ancala Enderlein, 1922^[14]
• Atylotus Osten Sacken, 1876^[20]
• Dasyrhamphis Enderlein, 1922^[14]
• Hamatabanus Philip, 1941^[45]
• Hybomitra Enderlein, 1922^[14]
• Poeciloderas Lutz, 1921^[46]
• Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758
• Therioplectes Zeller, 1842^[47]
• Whitneyomyia Bequaert, 1933^[48]

Further reading

• The horse and deer flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Texas. 1996. Goodwin . J. T.. Drees . B. M.. Southwestern Entomologist Supplement. 20.
• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.
• Book: The horse flies and deer flies of Canada and Alaska (Diptera: Tabanidae). 1990. Teskey . H. J.. Agriculture Canada. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. 16. 978-0660132822. 0706-7313.

Notes and References

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2. Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico . 1995 . Burger . J. F. . International Contributions on Entomology. 1 . 1 . 1–100. Associated Publishers .
3. Book: Macquart. P. J. M.. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Dipteres. Tome premiere . 1834. Roret. Paris. 578 + 8 pp., 12 pls.
4. González . C.R. . A revision of southern Neotropical genera related to Dasybasis Macquart, 1847 (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini) . Memoirs of Entomology International . 1999 . 14 . 137–194 . 19 November 2022.
5. Enderlein . G. . Vorlaufige Diagnosen neuer Tabaniden genera. (Dipt.) . Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift . 1923 . 1923 . 544–545.
6. Barretto . M.P. . Estudos sobre tabanidas brasileiros. - VI. Anaerythrops, n. gen. (Diptera, Tabanidae) . Revista de Entomologica . 1948 . 19 . 481–488.
7. Bequaert . J.C. . Medical and economic entomology. In: Strong, R.P. (ed.), The African Republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo based on the observations made and material collected during the Harvard African Expedition 1926-1927, vol. 2 . Contributions from the Harvard Institute for Tropical Biology and Medicine . 1930 . 5 . 797–1001.
8. Dias . J.A. T.S. . Atelozomyia thalassae n. gen. b. sp., um novo tabanideo (Diptera-Tabanidae) de Africa meridional . Bol. Soc. Port. Ent. . 1987 . 85 . 8.
9. Dias . J.A. T.S. . descrição de um novo genero e de uma nova specie de tabanideo (Diptera-Tabanidae) do Sudoeste Africano Bartolomeudiasiella atlanticus n. gen. n. sp.. Bol. Soc. Port. Ent. . 1987 . 84 . 8.
10. Bigot . J.M.F. . Nova genera dipterorum . Wiener Entomologische Zeitung . 1892 . 11 . 161–162 . 10.5962/bhl.part.27712 . 8 August 2021. free .
11. González . C.R. . Buestanmyia gen. nov. et sp. nov. (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini) from the Ecuadorian Andes . Zootaxa . 2021 . 4949 . 1 . 184–190. 10.11646/zootaxa.4949.1.11 . 33757002 . 232338959 .
12. Lutz . A. . Neiva . A. . Contribuçoes para o conhecimento da fauna indijena de Tabanidas. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der einheimischen Tabanidenfauna . Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz . 1909 . 1 . 28–32. 10.1590/S0074-02761909000100004 . free .
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14. Enderlein . G. . Ein neues Tabanidensystem . Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin . 1922 . 10 . 333–351 . 7 July 2022.
15. Lutz . A. . Collecção de tabanidas. Pp. 28-30. In Instituto Oswaldo Cruz . Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Em Manguinhos, Rio de Janeiro. . 1909 . 47.
16. Notes on Neotropical Tabanidae XII: Classification and distribution, with keys to genera and subgenera . 1969 . Fairchild . G. B. . Arquivos de Zoologia . 17 . 4 . 199–255 . 10.11606/issn.2176-7793.v17i4p199-255. free .
17. Trojan . P. . Supraspecific taxa of Tabaninae (Diptera: Tabanidae). 2. The tribe Lepidoselagini and its taxonomic division . Ann. Upper Silesian Mus. Bytom Ent. . 1994 . 5 . 97–172.
18. Taylor . F.H. . Australian Tabanidae (Dipt.) . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1919 . 44 . 41–71 . 9 October 2022.
19. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 2.e supplement . 1847 . Roret . Paris . 104 pp, 6 pls.
20. Osten Sacken . C.R. . Prodrome of a monograph of the Tabanidae of the United States. Part II. The genus Tabanus . Memoirs (Boston Society of Natural History) . 1876 . 2 . 421–479 . 7 July 2022.
21. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Insectes diptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome premier.-1re partie . 1838 . Roret . Paris . 5–221, 25 pls.
22. Lutz . A. . Sobre a systematica dos Tabanideos, subfamilia Tabaninae . Bras. Med. . 1913 . 27 . 486–490.
23. Gorayeb . I.S. . Tabanidae (Diptera) of Amazônia XXI. Descriptions of Elephantotus gen. n. and E. tracuateuensis sp. n. (Dicholorini) from the Brazilian coast . ZooKeys . 2014 . 395 . 23–31 . 10.3897/zookeys.395.7056 . 24715787 . 3978235 . 25 October 2022. free . 2014ZooK..395....1G .
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25. Kröber . O. . Die kleinen Gattungen der Dichelacerini End. aus der sudamerikanischen Region (Tabanidae) . Revista de Entomologica . 1931 . 1 . 282–298.
26. Kröber . O. . Nachträge zu den kleinen Gattungen der sudamerikanischen Tabanini . Zoologischer Anzeiger . 1930 . 86 . 248–265.
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34. Olsufiev . N.G. . On the study of the fauna of Tabanidae in the west part of Great Caucasian Mountains, with description of new genus . Byull. Mosk. Obshch. Isp. Prirody, Otd. Biol. . 1964 . 69 . 3 . 73–76 . Russian.
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40. Burger . J.F. . A redefinition of Stonemyia (Diptera: Tabanidae) and designation of a new genus Pegasomyia from western North America . Psyche: A Journal of Entomology . 1985 . 92 . 1 . 119–123 . 10.1155/1985/83838 . 17 September 2022. free .
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42. Meigen. J. W.. Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten. Mag. Insektenkd. 1803. 2. 259–281.
43. Philip . C.B. . Three new tabanine flies (Tabanidae, Diptera) from the Orient . Indian Journal of Entomology . 1961 . 82–88 . The Entomological Society of India.
44. Austen . E.E. . New African phlebotomic Diptera in the British Museum (Natural History). - Part V. Tabanidae (continued) . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1908 . 2 . 8 . 352–356 . 10.1080/00222930808692491 . 14 November 2022.
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47. Zeller . P.C. . Dipterologische Beytrage. Zweyte Abtheilung . Isis (Oken's) . 1842 . 1842 . 807–847.
48. Bequaert . J.C. . Notes on the Tabanidae described by the late C.P. Whitney . Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History . 1933 . 8 . 81–88.