| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1972 |
| Authors: | I. M. Mackerras |
| Journal: | Pacific Insects |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Pagination: | 133-149 |
| Date Published: | 1972 |
| Keywords: | Asia, Fiji, Manus, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Papua, Review, Samoa, Tabanidae, Tabanus, Taxonomy |
| Abstract: | The 17 species of Tabanus known from the chain of islands extending from Manus, north of New Guinea, through the New Hebrides to Fiji and Samoa, are reviewed, and a key given to the females of 15 of them together with notes on distribution within the area. Seven species are described as new. The relationships between the species studied and the Papuan fauna are discussed, and references are made to evidence of possible speciation within the chain. |
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