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A catalog of the Tabanidae from Chile is provided. All valid names and synonyms for the 116 species and 25 genera known for the country including information about name, author, year of publication, page number, type species, type locality and references are listed. The species Dasybasis albohirta (Walker) is cited for the first time for Chile. The type locality of Dasybasis nigrifrons (Philippi) is corrected to Chile (Todos Los Santos Lake). The dates of the description of Tabanus nigrifrons Philippi (now Dasybasis), and Pangonia australis Philippi (now Pseudoscione) are corrected from their original description by Philippi; the original description dates for Tabanus andicola (now Dasybasis), and Tabanus magellanicus (now synonym junior of Dasybasis trita (Walker)) are corrected from 1865 to 1862. Three species previously recorded from Chile are deemed to have been misidentified or misrecorded from Chile: Esenbeckia (E.) cisandeana Wilkerson Fairchild and Esenbeckia (E.) enderleini Krber, and Esenbeckia (E.) testaceiventris (Macquart, 1848). The genus Dasybasis Macquart is the richest genus in Chile, with 33 species. Seven genera (Mycteromyia Philippi, Promycteromyia Coscarn Philip, Archeomyotes Philip Coscarn, Austromyans Philip Coscarn, Chaetopalpus Philippi, Pseudomelpia Enderlein, and Sixtomyia Krolow, Henriques Gonzlez), three subgenera (Esenbeckia (Astomyia) Burger, E. (Palassomyia) Fairchild, and Protodasyapha (Protodasyapha) Enderlein), and 64 species are known only from Chile. There are also one subgenus (Protodasyapha (Curumyia) Coscarn), and 36 specie with distribution shared only between Chile and Argentina.
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Diptera , Animals , Chile , HorsesABSTRACT
This works presents information on the diversity of the Tabanidae of Honduras as a product of the examination of 386 specimens and a literature review. Thirteen species and two genera (Bolbodimyia and Dasychela) are recorded from the country for the first time. Eighty-five species distributed in 22 genera, five tribes, and three subfamilies are now known from Honduras. A key to the subfamilies, tribes, and genera of the known Honduran species is also included. All new records are mapped and illustrated to aid in the identification of the species.
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BACKGROUND: The genus Dichelacera is widely distributed in the Neotropical region. The nominal subgenus is the most diverse with 67 species and one subspecies. NEW INFORMATION: We described Dichelacera lamasi n. sp., the 68th species of nominal subgenus, based on a female from Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. Diagnosis, discussion and illustrations are also provided.
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The Leucotabanus species with records in the Amazon are reviewed. Seven species are included: L. albovarius, L. exaestuans, L. flavinotum, L. janinae, L. pauculus, L. weyrauchi, and L. fairchildi n. sp., which is described herein. The male of L. weyrauchi is described for the first time. Another two non-Amazonian species, L. canithorax and L. sebastianus, were compared, illustrated, and discussed, with new distribution records for the latter species. A key for the seven Leucotabanus species found in the Amazon, along with diagnoses, discussions, distributions and illustrations, are presented.
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Diptera , Animal Distribution , Animals , MaleABSTRACT
The group of species related to Tabanus trivittatus include horse flies with striped abdomens and partially bare, inflated, subcallus. Herein we describe five new species and raise the number of valid species from 15 to 20, four of which occur in Brazil: T. albocapilus sp. n., T. dorsorufus sp. n., T. mackerrasi sp. n., T. macrocerus sp. n. and one that occur in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru: T. noncallosus sp. n. We also modified the keys from Fairchild (1976) for both sexes and briefly discuss the female genitalia.
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Diptera , Animals , Bolivia , Brazil , Female , Male , PeruABSTRACT
Two new Neotropical species of Hygronemobius Hebard were described from Brazilian Amazon: Hygronemobius duckensis sp. nov. and Hygronemobius dialeucus sp. nov. Photographs of habitus, morphological characteristics and male genitalia were provided. Calling songs and spectrograms of the new species were characterized.
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Gryllidae/classification , Animal Communication , Animals , Brazil , Female , Gryllidae/anatomy & histology , MaleABSTRACT
Luzarida and Luzaridella are first recorded from Brazil. A new species of Luzaridella and the female of Luzarida lata is described from Central Amazon. Habitus, morphological characteristics, male and female genitalia photographs are provided. Calling song of Luzarida lata and Luzaridella sp. nov. are characterized.
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Gryllidae/anatomy & histology , Gryllidae/classification , Animals , Brazil , Female , Gryllidae/physiology , Male , Vocalization, Animal/physiologyABSTRACT
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) gemmae sp.n. is described based on 28 females collected in open vegetation of 'cerrado', in Carolina municipality, South of Maranhão state, Brazil.
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Diptera/anatomy & histology , Animals , Brazil , FemaleABSTRACT
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) gemmae sp.n. é descrita baseada em 28 fêmeas coletadas em vegetação de cerrado, no município de Carolina, Sul do Maranhão.
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) gemmae sp.n. is described based on 28 females collected in open vegetation of "cerrado", in Carolina municipality, South of Maranhão state, Brazil.
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Animals , Female , Diptera/anatomy & histology , BrazilABSTRACT
É apresentada uma chave dicotômica para os três subgêneros e onze espécies do gênero Philipotabanus Fairchild com registros na Amazônia. É descrita pela primeira vez Philipotabanus (P.) obidensis sp. nov., do estado do Pará. Diagnoses, figuras e distribuição das espécies são fornecidas.
A key to eleven species and the three subgenera of Amazonian Philipotabanus Fairchild is presented. Philipotabanus (P.) obidensis sp. nov., from Pará State, is described for the first time. Diagnosis, figures and distribution are presented for all species.
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Classification , Amazonian Ecosystem , Diptera , InsectaABSTRACT
Tabanid females are better known as hematophagous on man and other mammals, and linked to mechanical transmission of parasites. The association between tabanids and reptiles is poorly known, but has been gaining more corroboration through experiments and occasional observation in the tropics. The present study was conducted at a military base (CIGS/BI-2), situated 54 km from Manaus, Amazonas, in a small stream in a clearing (02 degrees 45'33"S; 59 degrees 51'03"W). Observations were made monthly, from April 1997 to March 1998, during two consecutive days. At the same time, other vertebrate animals were offered, including humans. However in this paper only data obtained on a common caiman, Caiman crocodilus (Linn.), and an anaconda, Eunectes murinus (Linn.), in diurnal observations from 05:30 a.m. to 18:30 p.m., will be discussed. A total of 254 tabanid specimens were collected, 40 from the anaconda and 214 from the caiman. Four tabanid species were recorded on these two reptiles: Stenotabanus cretatus Fairchild, S. bequaerti Rafael et al., Phaeotabanus nigriflavus (Kröber) and Tabanus occidentalis Linn. Diurnal activities showed species-specific patterns. The first three species occurred only in the dry season. T. occidentalis occurred during the whole observation period, and with increased frequency at the end of the dry season. We observed preferences for body area and related behavior of the host. Observations on the attack of tabanids on one dead caiman are also presented.
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Alligators and Crocodiles/parasitology , Behavior, Animal/physiology , Boidae/parasitology , Diptera/physiology , Animals , Brazil , Defense Mechanisms , Feeding Behavior/physiology , Female , Host-Parasite Interactions , Humidity , Seasons , Temperature , Time FactorsABSTRACT
Tabanid females are better known as hematophagous on man and other mammals, and linked to mechanical transmission of parasites. The association between tabanids and reptiles is poorly known, but has been gaining more corroboration through experiments and occasional observation in the tropics. The present study was conducted at a military base (CIGS/BI-2), situated 54 km from Manaus, Amazonas, in a small stream in a clearing (02°45'33"S; 59°51'03"W). Observations were made monthly, from April 1997 to March 1998, during two consecutive days. At the same time, other vertebrate animals were offered, including humans. However in this paper only data obtained on a common caiman, Caiman crocodilus (Linn.), and an anaconda, Eunectes murinus (Linn.), in diurnal observations from 05:30 a.m. to 18:30 p.m., will be discussed. A total of 254 tabanid specimens were collected, 40 from the anaconda and 214 from the caiman. Four tabanid species were recorded on these two reptiles: Stenotabanus cretatus Fairchild, S. bequaerti Rafael et al., Phaeotabanus nigriflavus (Kröber) and Tabanus occidentalis Linn. Diurnal activities showed species-specific patterns. The first three species occurred only in the dry season. T. occidentalis occurred during the whole observation period, and with increased frequency at the end of the dry season. We observed preferences for body area and related behavior of the host. Observations on the attack of tabanids on one dead caiman are also presented