Apatolestes

Apatolestes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Pangoniinae
Tribe:	Pangoniini
Genus:	Apatolestes Williston, 1885 [1]
Type species
Apatolestes comastes Williston, 1885 [1]

Apatolestes is a genus of horse flies (family Tabanidae). ^{[2] [3]}

Species

The genus contains the following species:

• Apatolestes actites Philip & Steffan, 1962 ^[4]
• Apatolestes affinis Philip, 1941 ^[5]
• Apatolestes aitkeni Philip, 1941 ^[5]
• Apatolestes albipilosus Brennan, 1935 ^[6]
• Apatolestes ater Brennan, 1935 ^[6]
• Apatolestes colei Philip, 1941 ^[5]
• Apatolestes comastes Williston, 1885 ^[1]
• Apatolestes hinei Brennan, 1935 ^[6]
• Apatolestes parkeri Philip, 1941 ^[5]
• Apatolestes philipi Pechuman, 1985 ^[7]
• Apatolestes rossi Philip, 1950 ^[8] – (Ross's Apatalestes Tabanid Fly)
• Apatolestes villosulus (Bigot, 1892) ^[9]
• Apatolestes willistoni Brennan, 1935 ^{[6] [10]}
• Apatolestes rugosus Middlekauff & Lane, 1976 ^[11]

The following are synonyms of other species:

• Apatolestes belkini Philip, 1966 ^[12] Synonym of Brennania belkini (Philip, 1966)
• Apatolestes bekini Philip, 1966(?): Synonym of Brennania belkini (Philip, 1966)
• Apatolestes comastes var. fulvipes Philip, 1960: Synonym of A. willistoniBrennan, 1935 ^[10]
• Apatolestes comastes var. willistoniBrennan, 1935: Synonym of A. willistoniBrennan, 1935 ^[10]
• Apatolestes eiseniTownsend, 1895: Synonym of Zophina eiseni (Townsend, 1895)
• Apatolestes lutulentusHutton, 1901: Synonym of Ectenopsis lutulenta (Hutton, 1901)
• Apatolestes similisBrennan, 1935: ^[6] Synonym of A. villosulus(Bigot, 1892)

References

1. Williston, S. W. (1885). "On the classification of North American Diptera (second paper)". Entomologica Americana . 1: 10–13.
2. Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
3. Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology. 1 (1). Associated Publishers: 1–100.
4. Philip, C. B.; Steffan, W. A. (1962). "New North America Tabanidae. XIV. An undescribed Apatolestes from the California coast (Diptera)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 38: 41–43.
5. Philip, C. B. (1941). "Notes on three western genera of flies (Diptera, Tabanidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society . 36: 185–199.
6. Brennan, J. M. (1935). "The Pangoniinae of Nearctic America, Diptera: Tabanidae" (PDF). University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 22: 249–401.
7. Pechuman, L. L. (1985). "Apatolestes philipi, a new horse fly from Texas (Diptera: Tabanidae)". In Arnaud, Paul H. Jr.; Lane, Robert S. (eds.). Contributions to the Study of Tabanidae (Diptera): In Honor of Cornelius Becker Philip on the Occasion of his 85th Birthday. Myia: A Publication on Diptera. Vol. 3. South San Francisco: Insect Associates. pp. 361–365.
8. Philip, C. B. (1950). "New North American Tabanidae (Diptera) Part I. Pangoniinae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 42 (4): 451–460. doi:10.1093/aesa/42.4.451.
9. Bigot, J. M. F. "Descriptions de Diptères nouveaux". Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 5: 602–691.
10. Middlekauff, W. W.; Lane, R. S. (1980). Adult and Immature Tabanidae (Diptera) of California (PDF). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. Vol. 22. University of California Press. ISBN   9780520096042.
11. Middlekauff, W. W.; Lane, R. S. (1976). "A new species of Apatolestes from California (Diptera: Tabanidae)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 52 (4): 311–313.
12. Philip, C. B. (1966). "New North American Tabanidae. XVIII. New Species and Addenda to a Nearctic Catalog". Annals of the Entomological Society of America . 59 (3): 519–527. doi:10.1093/aesa/59.3.519.