Diachlorini

Belongs within: Tabanidae.

The Diachlorini are a group of tabanine horse flies that usually have the basicosta of the wing bare of macrotrichia or nearly so (Pechuman & Teskey 1981).

Characters (from Pechuman & Teskey 1981): Scape barely longer than wide; basicosta (subepaulet) bare or nearly so; hind tibia without apical spurs; male gonostylus truncate; ends of spermathecal ducts in female with mushroom-like expansions.

<==DiachloriniPT81
    |--AegialomyiaM54
    |--Microtabanus pygmaeusPT81
    |--Anacimas limbellatusPT81
    |--LeptaphaM54
    |--PhaeotabanusM54
    |--StypommisaM54
    |--AgelaniusM54
    |--ScaptiodesM54
    |--StypommiaM54
    |--DasybasisM54
    |--ChasmiellaM54
    |--Leptotabanus transversusM54
    |--AphopeasM54
    |--ThereviotabanusM54
    |--ProtodasyommiaM54
    |--Chlorotabanus crepuscularisPT81
    |--CryptotylusM54
    |--Lepiselaga (Lepiselaga) crassipesB09
    |--Selasoma tibialeM54
    |--LanemyiaM54
    |--AmphichloropsM54
    |--Catachlorops (Psalidia) fulmineusM54, B09 [=Psalidia fulmineaM54]
    |--Dasychela (Dasychela) badiaM54, B09
    |--Udenocera brunneaM54
    |--Paracanthocera australisM54
    |--NeobolbodimyiaM54
    |--Neotabanus ceylonicusM54
    |--LissimasM54
    |--Leucotabanus annulatusPT81
    |--HolcopsisPT81
    |--Dicladocera nigrocaeruleaB09
    |--Himantostylus intermediusB09
    |--Myiotabanus muscoideusB09
    |--Hemichrysops fascipennisB09
    |--DiachlorusPT81
    |    |--D. curvipesE66
    |    `--D. ferrugatusPT81
    |--StibasomaB09
    |    |--S. (Stibasoma) chionostigmaB09
    |    `--S. (Rhabdotylus) venenataB09
    |--CydistomyiaM54
    |    |--C. doddiS66
    |    `--C. posticaM54
    |--AcanthoceraM54
    |    |--A. apicalisM54
    |    |--A. (Nothocanthocera) costaricanaB09
    |    `--A. (Polistimima) vespiformisB09
    |--PhilipotabanusB09
    |    |--P. (Philipotabanus)B09
    |    |    |--P. (P.) nigrinubilusB09
    |    |    `--P. (P.) pallidetinctusB09
    |    |--P. (Melasmatabanus) critonBW09
    |    `--P. (Mimotabanus) inauratusB09
    |--DichelaceraM54
    |    |  i. s.: D. calopteraE66
    |    |--D. (Dichelacera)B09
    |    |    |--D. (D.) fasciataB09
    |    |    `--D. (D.) reginaBW09
    |    |--D. (Desmatochelacera) transpositaB09
    |    `--D. (Idiochelacera) subcallosaB09
    |--StenotabanusPT81
    |    |  i. s.: S. brodzinskyiP92
    |    |         S. flavidusPT81
    |    |--S. (Stenotabanus)B09
    |    |    |--S. (S.) fulvistriatusB09
    |    |    `--S. (S.) incipiensB09
    |    `--S. (Brachytabanus) longipennisB09
    `--BolbodimyiaB09
         |--B. atrataPT81
         |--B. bermudeziB96
         |--B. bicolorB96
         |--B. brunneipennisB96
         |--B. celeroidesB96
         |--B. dampfiB96
         |--B. desectaB96
         |--B. erythrocephalaB96
         |--B. galindoi Fairchild 1964B96
         |--B. lamprosB96
         |--B. lateralisB96
         |--B. nigraB96
         `--B. philipiB96

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BW09] Buck, M., N. E. Woodley, A. Borkent, D. M. Wood, T. Pape, J. R. Vockeroth, V. Michelsen & S. A. Marshall. 2009. Key to Diptera families—adults. In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 95–156. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[B96] Burger, J. F. 1996. Description of the male and variation in Bolbodimyia galindoi Fairchild (Diptera: Tabanidae), and a revised key to species of Bolbodimyia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (3): 390–395.

[B09] Burger, J. F. 2009. Tabanidae (horse flies, deer flies, tabanos). In: Brown, B. V., A. Borkent, J. M. Cumming, D. M. Wood, N. E. Woodley & M. A. Zumbado (eds) Manual of Central American Diptera vol. 1 pp. 495–507. NRC Research Press: Ottawa.

[E66] Evans, H. E. 1966. The Comparative Ethology and Evolution of the Sand Wasps. Harvard University Press: Cambridge (Massachusetts).

[M54] Mackerras, I. M. 1954. The classification and distribution of Tabanidae (Diptera). I. General review. Australian Journal of Zoology 2 (3): 431–454.

[PT81] Pechuman, L. L., & H. J. Teskey. 1981. Tabanidae. In: McAlpine, J. F., B. V. Peterson, G. E. Shewell, H. J. Teskey, J. R. Vockeroth & D. S. Wood (eds) Manual of Nearctic Diptera vol. 1 pp. 463–478. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada.

[P92] Poinar, G. O., Jr. 1992. Life in Amber. Stanford University Press: Stanford.

[S66] Southcott, R. V. 1966. Revision of the genus Charletonia Oudemans (Acarina: Erythraeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 687–819.