Contribution to the knowledge of the tabanids (Diptera-Tabanidae) of southern Africa

The results of studies on a collection of Tabanidae held at the State Museum, Windhoek, Namibia, are described. Most of the material had been collected in Namibia (the rest came from Angola and South Africa), and some of it has already been described in 3 other papers; the collection comprises a total of 211 specimens, of 4 subfamilies, 11 genera (2 of which are considered new) and 31 species (12 of which are considered new, and 9 of which (Atylotus juditeae sp. nov., Haematopota dolondoloensis sp. nov., H. tchivinguiroensis sp. nov., Philoliche penrithorum sp. nov., P. dubiosa sp. nov., P. pamelae sp. nov., P. coetzeei sp. nov., P. irishi sp. nov. and P. chaineyi sp. nov.) are described in the present paper). A single male specimen of Tabanus sp. was not specifically identified. Besides the 10 species listed above, records of 22 other tabanids are given in this paper.