Dissertação

Revisão Taxonômica do Gênero do Novo Mundo Chlorotabanus Lutz, 1913 (Diptera: Tabanidae)

The genus Chlorotabanus was revised based on type-material (whenever possible) and specimens loaned of various national and international institutions, through the study of external morphology. 2,045 specimens were examined, with 483 males and 1,562 females. The eight known species are considered va...

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Autor principal: Krolow, Tiago Kütter
Grau: Dissertação
Idioma: por
Publicado em: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - INPA 2020
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Acesso em linha: https://repositorio.inpa.gov.br/handle/1/12432
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Resumo:
The genus Chlorotabanus was revised based on type-material (whenever possible) and specimens loaned of various national and international institutions, through the study of external morphology. 2,045 specimens were examined, with 483 males and 1,562 females. The eight known species are considered valid: C. crepuscularis (Bequaert, 1926), C. fairchildi Wilkerson, 1979; C. flagellatus Krolow and Henriques (in press), C. inanis (Fabricius, 1787), C. leucochlorus Fairchild, 1961; C. mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1758), C. ochreus Philip and Fairchild, 1956; C. parviceps (Kröber, 1934). Three new species are described: C. falsiflagellatus sp. nov. (Brazil, AM, Barcelos), C. leuconotus sp. nov. (Amazon region) and C. microceratus sp. nov. (Brazil, MA). Tabanus tetrapunctus Thunberg, previously a synonym of C. mexicanus, is synonymized under C. crepuscularis (Syn. Nov.). Diagnoses, descriptions or redescriptions, distribution records, illustrations and discussion are provided. For each species an identification key to females is provided.