Philip, C. B. 1960. Studies from the Institute for Medical Research, Federation of Malaya, Malaysian Parasites XXXV-XLIX. 29 : 10, Fig. 23.
Type Status:
Holotype
Place:
Thailand, takban tafui, Tak, Thailand
Collection Date:
20 Jul 1952
Notes:
Description (holotype #F).-Length, 10 mm. Frons a little narrower, 1:7.0, but also slightly convergent below; gray-buff pollinose, the callosity small, yellowish, widely separated from the eyes, not tridentate below, and tapered more abruptly into a narrow, brown, median line which reaches a little above the middle of the frons. Subcallus pale yellow pollinose. Antennae about same shape but brick-red. Scutellum brown. Mid and hind femora infuscated for only the basal half and basal third respectively. Abdomen darker, reddish-brown, shadows on sides of first three tergites with a narrower pale pilose and pollinose, obscure triangle crossing tergite 2, and with similar median accentuation of pale hairs on following tergites but no general olive sheen viewed from behind; slender in shape but not quite as narrowed behind.
[Label H] HOLOTYPE Tabanus #F ardalus n.sp CB Philip '59; [Label 1] Thailand, Tak, Ban TaPui 1952 D.C.&EB Thurman 20 July -Riv. Bank; [Label 2] 970a
