Notes on Teskeyellus Philip & Fairchild (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini) and Description of T. cyanommatus Sp. Nov., a Non-blood Sucking Horsefly from the Amazon Basin

A L Henriques; D D D Carmo

doi:10.1007/s13744-016-0477-8

Notes on Teskeyellus Philip & Fairchild (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini) and Description of T. cyanommatus Sp. Nov., a Non-blood Sucking Horsefly from the Amazon Basin

Neotrop Entomol. 2017 Aug;46(4):414-422. doi: 10.1007/s13744-016-0477-8. Epub 2017 Jan 3.

Authors

A L Henriques¹, D D D Carmo²

Affiliations

¹ Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, CBio, Manaus, AM, Brasil.
² PPG Entomologia, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Cx. Postal 2223, CEP 69080-971, Manaus, AM, Brasil. dandorndias@gmail.com.

PMID: 28050698
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-016-0477-8

Abstract

The monotypic genus Teskeyellus was described for T. hirsuticornis Philip & Fairchild 1974, from Mexico. After more than 40 years, another species is described in the genus, T. cyanommatus sp. nov., based on two females and one male specimens from Amazon basin. The type specimens of T. hirsuticornis were studied and we concluded that there are enough similarities to include the new species in Teskeyellus.

Keywords: Horse flies; neotropics; new taxon; taxonomy.

MeSH terms

Animals
Diptera* / anatomy & histology
Diptera* / classification
Female
Male
Mexico