Tabanidae Fauna (Order: Diptera) of the Arab Countries in the Middle East Author Al-Talafha, Hazem A. Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, AL-al Bayt University P. O. Box 130040, Al-Mafraq 25113, Jordan. hazt@aabu.edu.jo Author Amr, Zuhair S. 0000-0002-4778-2308 Department of Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering, Faculty of Science and Art, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid 22110, Jordan. E-mail: amrz @ just. edu. jo; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4778 - 2308 * Corresponding author. E-mail: hazt @ aabu. edu. jo; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1732 - 8603 text Ecologica Montenegrina 2024 2024-01-24 71 53 85 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2024.71.7 journal article 10.37828/em.2024.71.7 2336-9744 13248935 Tabanus cordiger Meigen 1820 Tabanus cordiger is Palearctic and widely distributed species, collected from, Morocco , Turkey , Armenia , Iran , and most European countries ( Abbassian-Lintzen 1964 ). This species was reported from Iraq , Jordan , Saudi Arabia , and Syria . This species shows variations in the abdominal pattern and median callus shape and coloration intensity ( Chvála et al . 1972 ).