| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1975 |
| Authors: | R. S. Lane |
| Journal: | Annals of the Entomological Society of America |
| Volume: | 68 |
| Pagination: | 803-819 |
| Date Published: | 1975 |
| Keywords: | California, Chrysops coquilletti, Chrysops wileyae, Larvae, Reference, Review, Silvius, Tabanidae, Tabanus monoensis, Tabanus similis, Taxonomy, USA |
| Abstract: | Approximately 2100 larvae and pupae of Tabanids of 15 species in 4 genera were collected in Mendocino County, California, from 1971-1974. Thirteen of the 15 species collected were reared to the adult stage. Larvae and pupae of 10 species (7 of Chrysops, 2 of Silvius and 1 of Tabanus) are described for the first time, and larvae and pupae of T. monoensis Hine are redescribed. The larvae and pupae of T. punctifer O.-S. and T. similis Macq., which were also reared, are discussed. Although larvae and pupae of C. coquilletti Hine and C. wileyae Philip were inseparable and reared females were difficult to distinguish, several morphological characters were found that differentiated males of these species. |
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