A review of the genus Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Egypt
Author
Abu El-Hassan, Gawhara M. M.
Author
Badrawy, Haitham B. M.
Author
Fadl, Hassan H.
Author
Mohammad, Salwa K.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3691
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559
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journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3691.5.3
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Tabanus ptolemaeanus
Szilády
(
Fig. 5
J)
Tabanus ptolemaeanus
Szilády, 1923: 11
.
Type
locality.
Cairo (
Egypt
).
Diagnosis. Length.
(Female) body 15.0 mm.
Female: Frons parallel sided; subcallus entirely dusted; R4 without appendix; abdomen reddish brown colored, with 4 longitudinal blackish stripes, terga 1 and 2 with black spot at middle, terga 4–6 with blackish spots at lateral margins. Male unknown.
Local distribution.
Unknown.
Geographical distribution.
Egypt
.
Remarks.
Szilády (1923) mentioned that Baron J. Surcouf sent the
type
specimen of this species to him from Cairo for examination while Efflatoun (1930) listed it among doubtful species in his monograph.