| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1991 |
| Authors: | J. F. Burger |
| Journal: | Pacific Science |
| Volume: | 45 |
| Pagination: | 374-382 |
| Date Published: | 1991 |
| Keywords: | Asia, Cydistomyia chaineyi, Cydistomyia choiseulensis, Cydistomyia teloides, Fiji, Japenoides ratcliffei, Melanesia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tabanidae, Tabanus ceylonicus, Tabanus choiseulensis, Tabanus gressitti, Tabanus lamiensis, Tabanus rubiventris, Tabanus yoshimotoi, Taxonomy, Viti Levu |
| Abstract: | Three species of Tabanidae, Cydistomyia choiseulensis sp. nov. from Choiseul, the Solomon Islands, and Tabanus lamiensis sp. nov. and T. yoshimotoi sp. nov. from Viti Levu, Fiji, are described. New distribution records for C. chaineyi, C. teloides, Japenoides ratcliffei, T. ceylonicus, T. choiseulensis, T. gressitti and T. rubiventris are presented for the Solomon Islands. C. solomensis is reported from the Santa Cruz Islands for the first time. A list of Tabanidae from eastern Melanesia and Samoa (excluding New Caledonia) is given, as well as a key to genera and species. |
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