N. P. Krivosheina and M. G. Krivosheina

New data on the biology of horseflies from the genera Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758 and Hybomitra Enderlein, 1922 (Diptera, Tabanidae) reared from wood substrates.

Number: 322, Pages: 11 - 16

Data on the development of larvae of the three Tabanidae species, Tabanus pleskei Kröber, 1924, Hybomitra nigella Szilady, 1914 and H. tarandinoides Olsufjev, 1936, in decaying wood substrates are given for the first time. The description of larvae of T. pleskei is added; it differs from larvae of T. bovinus Linnaeus, 1758 in the structure of labrum, mandibles and position of chaetoid spots on ultimate body segment.

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