Diachlorini

Stenotabanus sp., copyright Jfdocampo.

Belongs within: Tabanidae.

The Diachlorini are a group of tabanine horse flies that usually have the basicosta of the wing bare of macrotrichia or nearly so (Pechuman & Teskey 1981).

Characters (from Pechuman & Teskey 1981): Scape barely longer than wide; basicosta (subepaulet) bare or nearly so; hind tibia without apical spurs; male gonostylus truncate; ends of spermathecal ducts in female with mushroom-like expansions.

<==Diachlorini PT81
    |--Diachlorus ferrugatus PT81
    |--Aegialomyia M54
    |--Microtabanus pygmaeus PT81
    |--Anacimas limbellatus PT81
    |--Leptapha M54
    |--Phaeotabanus M54
    |--Stypommisa M54
    |--Agelanius M54
    |--Scaptiodes M54
    |--Stypommia M54
    |--Dasybasis M54
    |--Chasmiella M54
    |--Leptotabanus transversus M54
    |--Aphopeas M54
    |--Thereviotabanus M54
    |--Protodasyommia M54
    |--Chlorotabanus crepuscularis PT81
    |--Cryptotylus M54
    |--Lepiselaga (Lepiselaga) crassipes B09
    |--Selasoma tibiale M54
    |--Lanemyia M54
    |--Amphichlorops M54
    |--Catachlorops (Psalidia) fulmineus M54, B09 [=Psalidia fulminea M54]
    |--Dasychela (Dasychela) badia M54, B09
    |--Udenocera brunnea M54
    |--Paracanthocera australis M54
    |--Neobolbodimyia M54
    |--Neotabanus ceylonicus M54
    |--Lissimas M54
    |--Leucotabanus annulatus PT81
    |--Holcopsis PT81
    |--Dicladocera nigrocaerulea B09
    |--Himantostylus intermedius B09
    |--Myiotabanus muscoideus B09
    |--Hemichrysops fascipennis B09
    |--Bolbodimyia B09
    |    |--B. atrata PT81
    |    `--B. galindoi B09
    |--Stibasoma B09
    |    |--S. (Stibasoma) chionostigma B09
    |    `--S. (Rhabdotylus) venenata B09
    |--Cydistomyia M54
    |    |--C. doddi S66
    |    `--C. postica M54
    |--Acanthocera M54
    |    |--A. apicalis M54
    |    |--A. (Nothocanthocera) costaricana B09
    |    `--A. (Polistimima) vespiformis B09
    |--Dichelacera M54
    |    |--D. (Dichelacera) B09
    |    |    |--D. (D.) fasciata B09
    |    |    `--D. (D.) regina BW09
    |    |--D. (Desmatochelacera) transposita B09
    |    `--D. (Idiochelacera) subcallosa B09
    |--Philipotabanus B09
    |    |--P. (Philipotabanus) B09
    |    |    |--P. (P.) nigrinubilus B09
    |    |    `--P. (P.) pallidetinctus B09
    |    |--P. (Melasmatabanus) criton BW09
    |    `--P. (Mimotabanus) inauratus B09
    `--Stenotabanus PT81
         |  i. s.: S. flavidus PT81
         |--S. (Stenotabanus) B09
         |    |--S. (S.) fulvistriatus B09
         |    `--S. (S.) incipiens B09
         `--S. (Brachytabanus) longipennis B09

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[BW09] Buck, M., N. E. Woodley, A. Borkent, D. M. Wood, T. Pape, J. R. Vockeroth, V. Michelsen & S. A. Marshall. 2009. Key to Diptera families—adults. In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 95–156. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[B09] Burger, J. F. 2009. Tabanidae (horse flies, deer flies, tabanos). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 495–507. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[M54] Mackerras, I. M. 1954. The classification and distribution of Tabanidae (Diptera). I. General review. Australian Journal of Zoology 2 (3): 431–454.

[PT81] Pechuman, L. L., & H. J. Teskey. 1981. Tabanidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 463–478. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[S66] Southcott, R. V. 1966. Revision of the genus Charletonia Oudemans (Acarina: Erythraeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 687–819.