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Seven new australian species of the southern hemisphere horse fly subgenus scaptia (pseudoscione) (diptera: Tabanidae), including descriptions and a revised key

Date

Authors

Lessard, Bryan

Yeates, David K.

Publisher

Entomological Society of America

Abstract

Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) are ecologically important pollinators and vectors of many disease-causing organisms, as adult females are known to mechanically transfer multiple disease agents during feeding affecting humans, livestock, and many native

Keywords

Keywords: animal; article; Australia; classification; comparative study; Diptera; female; histology; male; species difference; Animals; Australia; Diptera; Female; Male; Species Specificity; Diptera; Mammalia; Pangoniinae; Scaptia; Scionini; Tabanidae; Tabanus atra Copidapha; morphology; Pangoniinae; Scionini; taxonomy

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/69335

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of Medical Entomology

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1603/ME12028

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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