<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The horse fly fauna of the NE parts of the Hercynicum (36 species of 8 genera, including one ssp. and one recognized form) is relatively diverse, including 65.5 % of the Tabanid species recorded from the Czech Republic. All literature records are referred to, and 136 new localities added. The most interesting finds during our faunistic survey were the nationally scarce Silvius alpinus (Scopoli, 1763), Hybomitra arpadi (Szilády, 1923), H. kaurii Chvála &amp; Lyneborg, 1970 and H. nitidifrons confiformis Chvála &amp; Moucha, 1971; in spite of literature records H. lurida (Fallén, 1817) was not re-found. Atylotus plebejus (Fallén, 1817) and Chrysops rufipes Meigen, 1830 are classified as endangered species in the Czech Republic, and Glaucops hirsutus (Villers, 1789) as vulnerable.</p></abstract>

The horse fly fauna of the NE parts of the Hercynicum (36 species of 8 genera, including one ssp. and one recognized form) is relatively diverse, including 65.5 % of the Tabanid species recorded from the Czech Republic. All literature records are referred to, and 136 new localities added. The most interesting finds during our faunistic survey were the nationally scarce Silvius alpinus (Scopoli, 1763), Hybomitra arpadi (Szilády, 1923), H. kaurii Chvála & Lyneborg, 1970 and H. nitidifrons confiformis Chvála & Moucha, 1971; in spite of literature records H. lurida (Fallén, 1817) was not re-found. Atylotus plebejus (Fallén, 1817) and Chrysops rufipes Meigen, 1830 are classified as endangered species in the Czech Republic, and Glaucops hirsutus (Villers, 1789) as vulnerable.

Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the north-eastern parts of the Hercynian mountains and adjacent localities (Czech Republic)

Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha 9 – Horní Počernice,

Department of Botany and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Brno, Kotlářská 2, CZ-611 37,

Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales

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The horse fly fauna of the NE parts of the Hercynicum (36 species of 8 genera, including one ssp. and one recognized form) is relatively diverse, including...

Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the north-eastern parts of the Hercynian mountains and adjacent localities (Czech Republic)

Online veröffentlicht: 20. Apr. 2017

Seitenbereich: 7 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cszma-2017-0002

Schlüsselwörter
Diptera, Tabanidae, faunistics, new localities, distribution, Hercynicum, north-eastern Bohemia, north-western Moravia, Czech Republic

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Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the north-eastern parts of the Hercynian mountains and adjacent localities (Czech Republic)

Online veröffentlicht: 20. Apr. 2017

Seitenbereich: 7 - 34

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cszma-2017-0002

SchlüsselwörterDiptera, Tabanidae, faunistics, new localities, distribution, Hercynicum, north-eastern Bohemia, north-western Moravia, Czech Republic

© Silesian Museum

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

Schlüsselwörter
Diptera, Tabanidae, faunistics, new localities, distribution, Hercynicum, north-eastern Bohemia, north-western Moravia, Czech Republic