Tabanus opacus
name: label: Collector
content: C. F. Baker
notes: label: Notes
content: [Label 1] Tabanus opacus Coq.; [Label 2] Type No.7319 U.S.N.M.; [Label 3] Ormsby Co. Nev July 6 Baker.
label: Notes
content: Near rhombicus. but the frontal subcalus is gray pruinose, the gray spots of abdomen greater in number and extent, etc. Black, the base of the third antennal joint and antealar callosity reddish yellow, broad sides of second. Third and fourth abdominal segments except a large spot on each, also a large portion of the venter and the tibiae except apical half of front ones, yellowish, palpi and knobs of halteres whitish: head wider than thorax, front of female strongly narrowed below, gray pruinose, the callous polished, shield shaped, a partially denuded oval spot above it connected by a narrow line, ocellar spot somewhat denuded but not elevated, eyes pubescent, purplish, each marked with two or three greenish bands, third joint of antennae broad, the upper angle blunt, palpi rather short and very robust, hairs of last joint chiefly black in the female, white in the male; mesonotum gray preinose, marked with six black vittae, the hairs black and mixed with a few yellowish ones, hairs of pleura white, many black ones on the upper portion: segments two to six of abdomen each marked with three gray pruinose spots contiguous to the narrow gray hind margin, each spot extending across, or nearly across, the segment; wings subhyaline, a small faint brownish cloud at forking of the third vein, this fork not appendiculate, outer portion of first posterior cell with parallel sides. Length, male 12, female 15 mm. A specimen of each sex. Ormsby County, Nevada. Type No. 7319, U. S. National Museum.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: [Not Stated], Ormsby, Nevada, United States
setName: label: See more items in
content: Entomology Types
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Tabanus opacus Baker, 1904
label: Published Name
content: Hybomitra opaca
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Entomology Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: USNMENT00258463
label: Other Numbers
content: Inquire SerNum : 43237
label: Other Numbers
content: USNM Type Number : 7319
label: USNM Number
content: USNMENT00258463
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Coquillett, Baker.
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: Remarks
content: Type
label: Sex
content: Female
label: Stage
content: Adult