Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) on the lower part of the Neretva River in southern Croatia

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1997
Authors:S. Krcmar, Leclercq M.
Journal:Bulletin and Annales de la Societe Royale Belge d’Entomologie
Volume:133
Pagination:267-274
Date Published:1997
ISBN Number:0374-6038
Keywords:Atylotus, Chrysops, Croatia, Dasyramphis, Europe, Haematopota, Hybomitra acuminata, Hybomitra muehlfeldi, Philipomyia, Review, Survey, Tabanidae, Tabanus, Taxonomy, Therioplectes
Abstract:

Faunistical and ecological research work have been carried out on 6 localities in areas around the Neretva river during 1995 and 1996. All together 739 horse flies were collected. The identification and review literature established 33 species of horse flies classified in eight genera: Chrysops, Atylotus, Therioplectes, Hybomitra, Tabanus, Haematopota, Dasyrhamphis and Philipomyia. This faunistic research of horse flies resulted in the recording of the Hybomitra expollicata and Tabanus regularis, new species in the fauna of Croatia. Three species, Hybomitra ciureai, Hybomitra muehlfeldi and Hybomitra acuminata, make up 54.52% of the horse fly fauna of the investigated area.

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