Brennania

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Brennania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Tabanidae
Subfamily:
Tribe:
Pangoniini
Genus:
Brennania

Philip, 1941[1]
Type species

Osten Sacken, 1877
Synonyms

Comops Brennan, 1935[2] (subgenus of Apatolestes)

Brennania is a genus of flies in family Tabanidae. It was originally known as Comops, created as a subgenus of Apatolestes by Brennan (1935).[2] Philip (1941) then raised it to genus level, but renamed it to Brennania (as it was preoccupied by Comops Aldrich, 1934).[1]

Species[]

The genus contains the following species:

References[]

  1. ^ a b c Philip, C. B. (1941). "Notes on three western genera of flies (Diptera, Tabanidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 36: 185–199.
  2. ^ a b Brennan, J. M. (1935). "The Pangoniinae of Nearctic America, Diptera: Tabanidae" (PDF). University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 22: 249–401.
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