Morphological re-description and molecular identification of Tabanidae (Diptera) in East Africa Author Mugasa, Claire M. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya & School of Biosecurity Biotechnical Laboratory Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Resources and Biosecurity (COVAB), Makerere University Kampala, Uganda Author Villinger, Jandouwe https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5097-6605 International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya Author Gitau, Joseph International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya Author Ndungu, Nelly International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya & Social Insects Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology University of Pretoria, Hatfield, 0028 Pretoria, South Africa Author Marc Ciosi, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya & Institute of Molecular Cell and Systems Biology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Author Masiga, Daniel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7513-0887 International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), Nairobi, Kenya dmasiga@icipe.org text ZooKeys 2018 2018-06-26 769 117 144 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.769.21144 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.769.21144 1313-2970-769-117 AB4EED070C954020B4BBE6EEE5AC8D02 FF81FF8C0643973EC169FFAEDF14FFD6 1304499 Atylotus nigromaculatus Ricardo, 1900 Fig. 3H Location. Tarangire National Park, Tanzania; Nguruman, Kenya. Generally, slender body covered with dense golden-brown hair (Suppl. material 2: Figure S8A). Descriprion. Head. Head wide, posterior vertex slightly concave. Eyes pale golden brown with thin black horizontal line or band. Eyes separated by narrow golden-brown frons on posterior quarter and black anteriorly. Callus in two well-separated lower and upper parts shiny black and vaguely round (Suppl. material 2: Figure S8B). Antenna golden brown; Scapes with white hair and black hair anteriorly as does the pedicel. Pedicel less distinct as it closely adheres to much larger flagellum. Second palp segment white with white and black hair but only white hair seen ventrally; brown labellum (Suppl. material 2: Figure S8B). Thorax. Black thorax with indistinct stripes and golden-brown hair (Suppl. material 2: Figure S8C). Indistinct hair tufts at postalar callus. Halteres yellowish white and clear wing; R4 with small appendix (Fig. 4D ; Suppl. material 2: Figure S8A). Fore tibia black distally and light brown towards femur with black and white hair. Fore femur brown with grey patch at proximal end with white hair all over. Fore tarsus black with black hair (Suppl. material 2: Figure S8D). Hind tibia light brown with black and white hair, while hind femur light brown and proximally blackish grey with white hair all over the femur. Hind tarsus light brown with black and white hair (Suppl. material 2: Figure S8E); middle leg similar to hind leg. Abdomen. Brown abdomen, slender and slightly tapers posteriorly. Broad black median band that longitudinally dissects abdomen; band with black recumbent hair (Fig. 4D ). Brown patches with brown recumbent hair on either side of the band on first to fourth segment. Fifth to seventh segments black. Lateral abdominal margins black (Suppl. material 2: Figure S8C). Ventral surface of abdomen brown with white hair and dark grey margins. Note. Atylotus nigromaculatus is the only species in genus Atylotus described by Oldroyd (1954) whose eyes have no band. The morphological features described in this study are similar to features described by Taioe et al. (2017) of specimen collected from South Africa.