New species of the hairy-eyed horse fly subgenera Scaptia (Myioscaptia) Mackerras, 1955 and Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Australia

Lessard, Bryan; Yeates, David K.

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New species of the hairy-eyed horse fly subgenera Scaptia (Myioscaptia) Mackerras, 1955 and Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Australia

Date

2013

Authors

Lessard, Bryan

Yeates, David K.

Publisher

Magnolia Press

Abstract

New material has accumulated in several Australian Museums since Mackerras' extensive 1960's revision of the austral horse fly genus Scaptia Walker 1850, including one new species of Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 and two new species of Scaptia (Myioscapt