Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Rhabdotylus Lutz, 1913 (Diptera: Tabanidae)

By

Turcatel, Mauren

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019-07-10

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

7

Pages

1--17

Subjects

Horse fly , identification key , Rhabdotylus , Tabanidae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.7.e36277
eLocator: e36277

 

Abstract

Here I revise the Neotropical genusRhabdotylusLutz, 1913 (Tabaninae: Diachlorini), including redescription of three species that range from Guatemala to Argentina:Rhabdotylusrubrum(Thunberg, 1827),Rhabdotylusvenenatum(Osten Sacken, 1886), andRhabdotylusviridiventris(Macquart, 1838).Rhabdotylusplaniventris(Wiedemann, 1828) is established as a junior synonym ofR.rubrum, syn. nov. A dichotomous identification key based on external morphological characters is provided.