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Elephantotus

Elephantotus is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. Inocêncio de S. Gorayeb was the author of this taxon's scientific name, published in 2014.

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Elephantotus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Diachlorini
Genus: Elephantotus
Gorayeb, 20141
Type species
Elephantotus tracuateuensis
Gorayeb, 20141

Elephantotus is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.2 Inocêncio de S. Gorayeb was the author of this taxon's scientific name, published in 2014.

Species

  • Elephantotus tracuateuensis Gorayeb, 20141
References

References

  1. Gorayeb, I.S. (2014). "Tabanidae (Diptera) of Amazônia XXI. Descriptions of Elephantotus gen. n. and E. tracuateuensis sp. n. (Dicholorini) from the Brazilian coast". ZooKeys (395): 23–31. Bibcode:2014ZooK..395....1G. doi:10.3897/zookeys.395.7056. PMC 3978235. PMID 24715787. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  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.