<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A zoogeographical review summarized the current distribution of 28 morphologically determined horse fly species recently collected in three Western Africa countries. In Malaise trap collections, the family Tabanidae was represented by three subfamilies, Pangoniinae, Chrysopsinae and Tabaninae (tribes Philolichini, Chrysopsini, Tabanini and Haematopotini), and six genera: <italic>Philoliche</italic> Wiedemann, 1828 (1 species), <italic>Chrysops</italic> Meigen, 1803 (3 specis), <italic>Ancala</italic> Enderlein, 1922 (2 species), <italic>Euancala</italic> Enderlein, 1922 (1 species), <italic>Tabanus</italic> Linnaeus, 1758 (13 species) and <italic>Haematopota</italic> Meigen, 1803 (8 species). Information contained in the principal publication The Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region 1980 is complemented by newly published studies on horse flies in Sub-Saharan Africa.</p></abstract>

A zoogeographical review summarized the current distribution of 28 morphologically determined horse fly species recently collected in three Western Africa countries. In Malaise trap collections, the family Tabanidae was represented by three subfamilies, Pangoniinae, Chrysopsinae and Tabaninae (tribes Philolichini, Chrysopsini, Tabanini and Haematopotini), and six genera: Philoliche Wiedemann, 1828 (1 species), Chrysops Meigen, 1803 (3 specis), Ancala Enderlein, 1922 (2 species), Euancala Enderlein, 1922 (1 species), Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758 (13 species) and Haematopota Meigen, 1803 (8 species). Information contained in the principal publication The Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region 1980 is complemented by newly published studies on horse flies in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) collected in Central African Republic, Gabon and Liberia with comments on their updated distribution

National Museum, Department of Entomology

Faculty of Science, Department of Parasitology

Institute of Parasitology, Czech Academy of Sciences

Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, Department of Ecology

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales

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A zoogeographical review summarized the current distribution of 28 morphologically determined horse fly species recently collected in three Western Africa...

Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) collected in Central African Republic, Gabon and Liberia with comments on their updated distribution

Published Online: Dec 01, 2019

Page range: 263 - 274

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2019-0025

Keywords
Taxonomy, faunistics, horse fly, Tabanids, distribution, CAR, Gabon, Liberia, Afrotropical Region

© 2019 Jan Ježek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) collected in Central African Republic, Gabon and Liberia with comments on their updated distribution

Published Online: Dec 01, 2019

Page range: 263 - 274

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cszma-2019-0025

KeywordsTaxonomy, faunistics, horse fly, Tabanids, distribution, CAR, Gabon, Liberia, Afrotropical Region

© 2019 Jan Ježek et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
Taxonomy, faunistics, horse fly, Tabanids, distribution, CAR, Gabon, Liberia, Afrotropical Region