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Genus Apatolestes

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Fly, 500mm sun shade - Apatolestes hinei Tabanidae - Apatolestes willistoni Tabanid at blacklight - Apatolestes parkeri Tabanid at blacklight - Apatolestes parkeri Male, Tabanus? - Apatolestes parkeri - male Female, Tabanus? - Apatolestes parkeri - female Female, Tabanus? - Apatolestes parkeri - female Tabanus sp.? - Apatolestes willistoni

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Family Tabanidae (Horse and Deer Flies)
Subfamily Pangoniinae
Tribe Pangoniini
Genus Apatolestes

Explanation of Names

Apatolestes Williston 1885

Numbers

13 spp.
In his 1995 Catalog (1), John Burger separated the species into two subgenera:Apatolestes (Apatolestes) with 11 species (aitkeni, albipilosus, ater, comastes, hinei, oritensis, parkeri, philipi, rossi, rugosus, willistoni) and Apatolestes (Lanellus) with two species (actites, colei). Currently (15xii24) there are five identified species on BugGuide and 44 images unidentified to species. (AWT).

Range

Southwestern USA, especially California; one species ranges into Western Canada(2)

Habitat

At least one species is restricted to coastal dunes

Works Cited

1.Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) of North America north of Mexico
Burger J.F. 1995. International Contributions on Entomology 1(1): 100pp.
2.Adult and immature Tabanidae (Diptera) of California
Middlekauff, W. W. and R. S. Lane. 1980. University of California Press.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 7 December, 2010 - 12:26am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, v belov
Last updated 15 December, 2024 - 12:17pm

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