Chlorotabanus

Chlorotabanus is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.^[2][3][4] Though there were earlier descriptions of the genus, they did not fit the qualification of the Code of the International Zoological Nomenclature, thus the genus was officially accepted in 1913 by the scientific community.^[5]

Chlorotabanus
Chlorotabanus inanis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Tabaninae
Tribe:	Diachlorini
Genus:	Chlorotabanus Lutz, 1909[1]
Type species
Tabanus mexicanus Linnaeus, 1758

Behavior

All species under this genus are crepuscular and nocturnal.^[5]

Description

Dorsal view of male individual of Chlorotabanus crepulscularis

Most notable characteristic is that the all species under this genus have a pale green body color and solid colored eyes. Other key features are the sclerotized labella and the lack of a frontal callus.^[5]

They resemble Phaeotabanus in structure the most compared to other Tabanids.^[6]

Distribution

Majority of this genus can be found in South America, while only one species (Chlorotabanus crepuscularis) is endemic to North America.^[5]

Species

• Chlorotabanus crepuscularis Bequaert, 1926^[7]
• Chlorotabanus fairchildi (Wilkerson, 1979)^[8]
• Chlorotabanus falsiflagellatus (Krolow & Henriques, 2010)^[9]
• Chlorotabanus flagellatus (Krolow & Henriques, 2009)^[5]
• Chlorotabanus inanis (Fabricius, 1787)^[10][5]
• Chlorotabanus leucochlorus (Fairchild, 1961)^[5]
• Chlorotabanus leuconotus (Krolow & Henriques, 2010)^[9]
• Chlorotabanus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1758)^[6][5]
• Chlorotabanus microceratus (Krolow & Henriques, 2010)^[9]
• Chlorotabanus ochreus (Philip & Fairchild, 1956)^[5]
• Chlorotabanus parviceps (Kröber, 1934)^[5]