Entomologia Croatica, Vol. 14 No. 1-2, 2010.
Original scientific paper
DISTRIBUTION AND ZOOGEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE HORSE FLIES (Diptera: Tabanidae) FROM GENERA Dasyrhamphis, Philipomyia, Atylotus AND Therioplectes IN CROATIA
Stjepan Krčmar
orcid.org/0000-0002-9275-6117
; Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
Alma Mikuška
; Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
József Mikuška
Nikola Jelić
; Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, J. J. Strossmayer University of Osijek
Abstract
Systematic research into the distribution of t horse flies (Tabanidae) in Croatia was carried out in the period from 1992 to 2008. Horse flies were collected using different entomological methods, and in addition to field research, all relevant literature data were reviewed. In total, 5872 specimens, representing 12 species of four genera: Philipomyia, Dasyrhamphis, Atylotus and Therioplectes were collected from 271 localities covering 181 UTM grids. The zoogeographical analysis indicates that the Mediterranean species
Dasyrhamphis anthracinus, Dasyrhamphis ater, Dasyrhamphis umbrinus and Therioplectes tunicatus were distributed in Croatia only in localities along the Adriatic Sea coast, while Therioplectes gigas and Philipomyia graeca, although also Mediterranean species, were found in the Alpine, Pannonian and continental regions of Croatia. Philipomyia aprica was collected in the Alpine region, as well as on the mountains of the Mediterranean region. The boreo-montane Eurasian species Atylotus fulvus and Atylotus rusticus, as well
as the South European Atylotus loewianus, were sampled in the Mediterranean, continental, Pannonian and Alpine regions of Croatia, while the Afro-Eurasian arid species Atylotus flavoguttatus was found in the Mediterranean, Pannonian and continental regions of Croatia.
Keywords
Horse flies; Tabanidae; distribution; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
67630
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Publication date:
11.10.2010.
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