Atylotus agrestis Wiedemann, 1828 - Identification

Diagnosis (from: Williams KA, Smit A, Neves L, Snyman LP. Evaluating the morphological and molecular challenges in identifying the Afrotropical Atylotus species (Diptera: Tabanidae). Acta Tropica. 106262. PMID 34871565 DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106262)
https://repository.up.ac.za/bitstream/handle/2263/83323/Williams_Evaluating_2022.pdf?sequence=1
The abdomen has two orange-reddish yellow sublateral longitudinal stripes and a median black stripe with a line of yellow hairs running down in the middle.

Original description by Wiedemann:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50649#page/599/mode/1up

Photos from NHMUK:
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea/resource/05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb?q=atylotus+agrestis&view_id=6ba121d1-da26-4ee1-81fa-7da11e68f68e&filters=family%3Atabanidae&field=associatedMediaCount&value=

iNat observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105098387

Posted on 12 de julho de 2023, 10:12 AM by traianbertau