Tabanus krombeini
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: T. Wijesinhe
notes: label: Notes
content: Length: 19.8 mill wing; 17.0 mm. Frontal index 5.8; frons light gray tomentose and pale pilose except blackish and black pilose at vertex, nearly parallel; callosity triangular, black, well separated from eye margins, median extension very narrow, extendig 0.75 length of frons. Subcallus, cheeks and frontocLypeus light gray tomentose; beard densely white pilose. Antennae reddish brown, darker at apex ; scapes reddish gray tomentose , white pilose except black setose dorsoapically; basal plate of flagellum reddish brown basally, darker apically, with prominent dorsal tooth and shallow excision; styles blackish, subequal in length to plates. Palpi cream-colored, moderately stout basally. evenly tapered and acutely pointed apically, entirely white pilose. Eyes (relaxed) dark green. without pattern. Mesonotum blackish gray tomentose with some brown tones, bearing a narrow, median pale tomentose stripe, 2 distinct broader sub-median stripes and 2 indistinct sublateral stripes; black and pale yellow pilose; scutellum gray tomentose, densely pale pilose on posterior margin. Pleura gray tomentose and white pilose. Coxae gray tomentose and white pilose; fore femora black and black pilose on inner surface. gray tomentose and white pilose on outer surface; mid and hind femora gray tomentose and while pilose, except yellowish at apices; fore tibiae pale reddish brown and white pilose on basal two·thirds, black and black pilose on apical third; mid and hind tibiae yellowish brown, white pilose, except blackish and black pilose at extreme apices, tarsi black. Wings subhyaline; coslal cell and anterior half of wing light brown tinted; venation normal. Halteres with yellowish knobs, slightly infuscated basally. Abdomen brown basally, becoming black apically, with broad. median pale tomentose and pilose triangles on segments 2-6 not extending entire length of segments and distinct sublateral yellowish brown and yellow pilose spots usuall y reaching posterior margins of segments 2-4; lateral margins yellowish and while pilose, pale pilosity extending along posterior margins of segments nearly to median triangles; tergum 7 entirely black; venter yellowish gray tomentose and pale pilose, except black pilose medianly on segments 5-6; sternum 7 black, bearing erect black setae.
label: Notes
content: [Label H] HOLOTYPE No. 76447 Tabanus krombeini Burger; [Label 1] Collected in Malaise trap; [Label 2] K.V.Krombein P.B.Karunaratne P.Fernando T.Wijesinhe M.Jayaweera; [Label 3] SRI LANKA:Man.Dist. 0.5miNE Kokmotte Wilpattu Natl. Park 50-100ft,5-8 x 1977
label: Record Last Modified
content: 18 Mar 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: 0.5 mi N.E. Kokmotte; Wilpattu Natl. Park, Mannar, Sri Lanka
setName: label: See more items in
content: Entomology Types
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Tabanus krombeini Burger, 1982
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Entomology Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: USNMENT00258435
label: Other Numbers
content: Inquire SerNum : 48812
label: Other Numbers
content: USNM Type Number : 76447
label: USNM Number
content: USNMENT00258435
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement. 11 : 105, 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