| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1991 |
| Authors: | D. J. Leprince, Hribar, L. J., Foil, L. D. |
| Journal: | Proceedings of the Louisiana Academy of Science |
| Volume: | 54 |
| Pagination: | 10-18 |
| Date Published: | 1991 |
| Keywords: | Chlorotabanus crepuscularis, Hybomitra lasiophthalma, Louisiana, Tabanidae, Tabanus americanus, Tabanus calens, Tabanus fuscicostatus, Tabanus lineola, Tabanus nigripes, Tabanus pallidescens, Tabanus petiolatus, Tabanus proximus, Tabanus trimaculatus, Tabanus wilsoni, USA |
| Abstract: | Flight activity of horse flies collected in canopy traps baited with dry ice (carbon dioxide) extended from 15 March to 25 October 1987 in Louisiana, USA. A total of 125 020 flies belonging to 18 species was identified. As many as 7513 and 471 flies/trap/day were collected for Hybomitra lasiophthalma and Tabanus fuscicostatus, respectively. Among the most abundant species, Leucotabanus annulatus, T. fuscicostatus, T. lineola complex and T. petiolatus were bivoltine some years, while Chlorotabanus crepuscularis, H. lasiophthalma, T. americanus, T. calens, T. nigripes, T. pallidescens, T. proximus, T. trimaculatus and T. wilsoni were univoltine. |
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