| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1975 |
| Authors: | J. F. Burger |
| Journal: | Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |
| Volume: | 77 |
| Pagination: | 15-33 |
| Date Published: | 1975 |
| Keywords: | Arizona, Elaephora schneideri, Microfilaria, Parasites, Reference, Review, Tabanidae, Tabanus abditus, Tabanus gilanus, Tabanus punctifer, Tabanus subsimilis, Tabanus urycerus, Taxonomy, USA |
| Abstract: | In this fourth paper of a series on the Tabanids of Arizona, a key is given to the 16 species of Tabanus known to occur there, with short descriptions and notes on their distribution and seasonal adult activity. Most species are neither abundant nor widely distributed enough to be economically important, but a few including T. punctifer O.-S. and T. subsimilis Bellardi may be pests of livestock, and T. abditus Philip, T. eurycerus Philip and possibly T. gilanus Tns. are potential vectors of Elaeophora schneideri [cf. RAE/B 62, 826]. A pallid form of T. subsimilis, described as the subspecies T. s. nippontucki Philip, is reduced to varietal status because of lack of definitive evidence for subspecific differentiation. |
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