Apatolestes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Tabanomorpha

Familia: Tabanidae
Genus: Apatolestes
Species:
Name

Apatolestes Williston, 1885

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Apatolestes is a genus of horse flies (family Tabanidae).
Species

The genus contains the following species:

Apatolestes actites Philip & Steffan, 1962[2]
Apatolestes affinis Philip, 1941[3]
Apatolestes aitkeni Philip, 1941[3]
Apatolestes albipilosus Brennan, 1935[4]
Apatolestes ater Brennan, 1935[4]

Apatolestes colei Philip, 1941[3]
Apatolestes comastes Williston, 1885[1]
Apatolestes hinei Brennan, 1935[4]
Apatolestes parkeri Philip, 1941[3]
Apatolestes philipi Pechuman, 1985[5]
Apatolestes rossi Philip, 1950[6] – (Ross's Apatalestes Tabanid Fly)
Apatolestes villosulus (Bigot, 1892)[7]
Apatolestes willistoni Brennan, 1935[4][8]
Apatolestes rugosus Middlekauff & Lane, 1976[9]

The following are synonyms of other species:

Apatolestes belkini Philip, 1966:[10] 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. willistoni Brennan, 1935[8]
Apatolestes comastes var. willistoni Brennan, 1935: Synonym of A. willistoni Brennan, 1935[8]
Apatolestes eiseni Townsend, 1895: Synonym of Zophina eiseni (Townsend, 1895)
Apatolestes lutulentus Hutton, 1901: Synonym of Ectenopsis lutulenta (Hutton, 1901)
Apatolestes similis Brennan, 1935:[4] Synonym of A. villosulus (Bigot, 1892)

References

Williston, S. W. (1885). "On the classification of North American Diptera (second paper)". Entomologica Americana. 1: 10–13.
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.
Philip, C. B. (1941). "Notes on three western genera of flies (Diptera, Tabanidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 36: 185–199.
Brennan, J. M. (1935). "The Pangoniinae of Nearctic America, Diptera: Tabanidae" (PDF). University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 22: 249–401.
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.
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.
Bigot, J. M. F. "Descriptions de Diptères nouveaux". Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 5: 602–691.
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.
Middlekauff, W. W.; Lane, R. S. (1976). "A new species of Apatolestes from California (Diptera: Tabanidae)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 52 (4): 311–313.
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.