Tabanus wilpattuensis
date: label: Collection Date
content: 5 Oct 1977 to 8 Oct 1977
name: label: Collector
content: Karl V. Krombein
label: Collector
content: P. B. Karunaratne
label: Collector
content: P. Fernando
label: Collector
content: M. Jayaweera
label: Max. Elevation
content: 30
label: Min. Elevation
content: 15
notes: label: Notes
content: Diagnosis: Tabanus wilpattuensis n.sp. is closest to T. indiscriminatus Ricardo but can be distinguished from it by larger size, slightly broader frons and callosity, less extensively denuded vertex, longer more slender palpi, paler brownish tibiae apically. wings infuseated adjacent to veins, broader median abdominal triangies and well-defined sublateral pale spots. T. wilpattuensis superficially resembles T. triceps Thunberg but can be distinguished from it by its larger more robust body, narrower frons, darker fore tibiae apically, lighter brown abdomen and abdominal pattern not forming a parallel-sided stripe. Holotype female. Length: 16 mm: wing: 13.1 mm. Frontal index 7.0; frons dark gray tomentose and predominantly black pilose; width at subcallus about 0.6 that at vertex; callosity orange-brown, broadly triangular, parallel·sided below and well sepanted from eye margins, narrowed above and abruptly terminating in narrow median extension just put middle of frons; vertex with small denuded spot medianly. Subcallus and cheeks white tomentose, subcallus irregularly denuded above due to rubbing, exposing yellowish ground color, frontoclypeus and beard white pilose. Antennae orange-brown. Styles slightly darker brown, scape white pilose basally, laterally and ventrally, black setose dorsoapically; basal plate of flagellum bearing a blunt tooth and with moderate excision dorsally; plate and style subequal in length. Palpi grayish tomentose, apical segment stout basally, rather strongly tapered to blunt point apically, intermixed black and white pilose. Eyes bare. dark green (relaxed), unpatterned. Mesonotum predominantly dark gray tomentose with some brownish tones, mostly white pilose with some dark hairs intermixed, lacking distinct notal pattern; scutellum concolorous. Pleura gray tomentose and pale pilose. Coxae light gray tomentose and while pilose; fore femora gray tomentose and white pilose on outer margin, dark brown to black and black pilose on inner margin; mid and hind femora yellowish gray tomentose and white pilose, becoming yellowish apically, mid femora with some black pilosity dorsally; fore tibiae pale, white pilose on basal half, becoming blackish on apical half; mid and hind tibiae brown, predominantly black pilose dorsally, pale pilose ventrally; tarsi black except mid and hind pairs brown at base. Wings subhyaline; costal cell clear, wing membrane tinged yellowish along wing veins; venation normal. Halteres yellowish except brown at base of knobs. Abdomen brown dorsally, becoming black on apical 3 segments: pattern consisting of tall, pale pilose and tomentose truncated trianglcs forming continuous stripe on segments 1-6 and sublateral pale pilose spots largest on terga 2-4, smaller on tergum 5 and absent on tergum 6, otherwise abdominal terga black pilose except white pilose on lateral margins; venter orange-brown and pale pilose except for black, erect setae on sternum 7. Paratype, 2 females. Length 16-19.8 mm; frons, subcallus and upper cheeks yellowish gray tomentose; antennal styles distinctly darker than the orange brown plates, otherwise similar to holotype. T. wilpattuensis has been collected from 3 localities in the Norther, Uva and Southern Provinces. All specimens to date have been collected in late September and early October.
label: Notes
content: [Label H] HOLOTYPE No. 76450 Tabanus wilpattuensis Burer; [Label 1] SRI LANKA:Man.Dist. 0.5miNE Kokmotte Wilpattu Natl. Park 50-100ft, 5-8 x 1977 at white light; [Label 2] K.V.Krombein P.B.Karunaratne P.Fernando T.Wijesinhe M.Jayaweera
label: Record Last Modified
content: 16 Mar 2016
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 0.5 mi. ne. Kokmotte, Mannar, Sri Lanka
setName: label: See more items in
content: Entomology Types
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Tabanus wilpattuensis Burger, 1982
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Entomology Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: USNMENT00258524
label: Other Numbers
content: Inquire SerNum : 48815
label: Other Numbers
content: USNM Type Number : 76450
label: USNM Number
content: USNMENT00258524
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement. 11 : 110, 2A-D.
label: Type Status
content: Holotype
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Arthropoda, Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Tabanidae, Tabaninae
physicalDescription: label: Prep Count
content: 1
label: Preparation
content: Pinned
label: Sex
content: Female
label: Stage
content: Adult