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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Pangoniinae » Pangoniini » Apatolestes

Genus Apatolestes

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Tabanid - Apatolestes - female Apatolestes actites - female 'Giant' Bee - Apatolestes actites - female Tabanid? - Apatolestes gray fly - Apatolestes Tabanid - Apatolestes - female Tabanid at blacklight - Apatolestes Therevidae - Apatolestes - female
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
14 spp.
Range
Southwestern USA, especially California; one species ranges into Western Canada(1)
Habitat
At least one species is restricted to coastal dunes
Works Cited
1.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 v belov
Last updated 25 August, 2015 - 12:12pm

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