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Adersia

Adersia is a genus of horseflies of the family Tabanidae. It is the only genus in the tribe Adersiini, and the only member of the subfamily Adersiinae.

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Adersia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Adersiinae
Tribe: Adersiini
Genus: Adersia
Austen, 19121
Type species
Silvius oestroides
Karsch, 18882
Synonyms
  • Thalassomysops Dias, 19563

Adersia is a genus of horseflies of the family Tabanidae. It is the only genus in the tribe Adersiini, and the only member of the subfamily Adersiinae.45

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References

  1. Austen, Ernest E. (1912). "New genera and species of Tabanidæ in the British Museum (Natural History)" (PDF). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 8. 9 (49): 1–33 [1]. doi:10.1080/00222931208693101.
  2. Karsch, F.A. (1888). "Bericht über die durch Herrn Lieutenant Dr. Carl Wilhelm Schmidt in Ost-Afrika gesammelten und von der zoologischen Abtheilung des Koniglichen Museums fur Naturkunde in Berlin erworbenen Dipteren". Berliner Entomologische Zeituing. 31[1887]: 367–382. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  3. Dias, J.A. T.S. (1956). "Estudos sobre a fauna tabanideológica moçambicana. II. descrição de um novo género e de uma nova espécie da subfamília "Scepsidinae"' (Bequaert, 1930)". Moçambique. 86: 67–77.
  4. 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.
  5. Smith, Kenneth G.V.; Vockeroth, J.R. (1980). Crosskey, R.W. (ed.). Catalogue of the Diptera of the Afrotropical Region. London: British museum (Natural History). pp. 1–1436. ISBN 0565 00821 8.
  6. Oldroyd, H. (1957). The horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the Ethiopian Region. III. Subfamilies Chrysopinae, Scepsidinae and pangoniinae and a revised classification. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. xii + 489.