<p class="HeadingRunIn"><strong>A review of the genus <em>Tabanus</em> Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Egypt</strong></p>

Abstract

The Egyptian fauna of the genus Tabanus Linnaeus is reviewed. Only seventeen species are recognized instead of the previous 21. This is because six species have been removed as doubtful records, and an additional two species have been added (T. leucostomus Loew, 1858 (new record) and T. arenivagus Austen, 1920). A key to Egyptian species of Tabanus is included together with illustrations. Specimens examined and distributions are given for each species. The status of the six species doubtful to occur in Egypt is discussed.

The Tabanidae (Diptera) of the Greek islands and Cyprus: An annotated checklist with remarks on ecology, zoogeography, and new records on the East Mediterranean fauna

“…Range. Afrotropical and Palearctic, widespread in Africa penetrating the Palearctic realm through the East Mediterranean from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the Levant north and eastwards to Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and India, the species is absent from Turkey (Oldroyd, 1954;Leclercq, 1966a;Burger, 1984;Müller et al, 2012b;El-Hassan et al, 2013;Evenhuis & Pape, 2023).…”

“…Range. Afrotropical and Palearctic, widespread in Africa penetrating the Palearctic to the East Mediterranean coast through Egypt and the Levant eastwards to Saudi Arabia (Oldroyd, 1954;Leclercq, 1966a;Müller et al, 2012b;El-Hassan et al, 2013;Evenhuis & Pape, 2023).…”

First record of Tabanus lunatus from Iran

“…Tabanidae is a large family that contains almost 4400 described species in 144 genera and with cosmopolitan distribution (Abu El-Hassan et al 2013). Tabanid flies are one of the largest groups of blood-sucking pests and important vectors of pathogenic agents to domestic and large wild animals as well as humans (Altunsoy and Kılıç 2010).…”