Atylotus fulvus
Atylotus fulvus Latvia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Atylotus
Species:
A. fulvus
Binomial name
Atylotus fulvus
Meigen, 1804[1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus sanguisorba Harris, 1776
  • Tabanus ochroleucus Meigen, 1804[1]
  • Tabanus fulvus Meigen, 1804[1]
  • Tabanus rufipes Meigen, 1820[2]
  • Atylotus bituberculatus Bigot, 1892[3]
  • Atylotus aurisquamatus Bigot, 1892[3]
  • Dasystypia tunesica Enderlein, 1925[4]
  • Dasystypia fulva var. flavifemur Enderlein, 1925[4]
  • Tabanus fulvus ssp aureus Enderlein, 1941
  • Tabanus fulvus ssp. transcaucasicus Bogatchev & Samedov, 1949

Atylotus fulvus is a species of 'horse flies' belonging to the family Tabanidae.[5]

Description

The head of Atylotus is more strongly spherical than in Tabanus and the eyes (in preserved specimens) are usually light brown, often with a faint trace of a thin purple line. The frontal calli of Atylotus are characteristic: the two calli are small, widely separated, and very low in profile. Both of A.fulvus are covered with golden yellow hairs, which are vivid and colourful in life. The abdomen is reddish at sides, basally. No distinct abdominal pattern is visible unless the covering of mingled black and yellow hairs is rubbed away. In this species the calli are small and sometimes absent.[6]

Distribution

Europe, Russia, Morocco, Turkey.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Meigen, J.W. (1804). Klassifikazion und Beschreibung der europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten (Diptera Linn.). Erster Band. Abt. I. Braunschweig [= Brunswick]: Reichard. pp. xxviii + pp. 1–152, Abt. II. vi + pp. 153–314.
  2. ↑ Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. 1 2 Bigot, J.M.F. (1892). "Descriptions de Diptères nouveaux. Tabanidi". Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 5: 602–691. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 Enderlein, G. (1925). "Studien an blutsaugenden Insekten I. Grundlagen eines neuen Systems der Tabaniden". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologische Museum. 11: 255–409.
  5. ↑ Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue". Sborník Entomologického Oddelení Národního Musea v Praze Supplement. 7: 1–319.
  6. ↑ Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  7. ↑ Fauna Europaea
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