New distribution records for the Hungarian Tabanidae (Diptera) fauna of South-Transdanubia

Abstract

Horse-flies were collected with "H-trap" type traps in order to better understand the distribution of domestic species at seven sampling locations in Southern Transdanubia, in the summer of 2019. Individuals of 21 species were identified in the collected material. Haematopota italica, H. pluvialis, Tabanus autumnalis, T. bromius, T. sudeticus, T. tergestinus and Atylotus loewianus proved to be the most common and at the same time the largest number of species collected. The tabanid communities consisted of 9-14 species, with 2-5 eudominant species which were always present, and the number of subdominant species were also significant, while the proportion of dominant, recedents and subrecedents species proved to be variable.