Philoliche

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Philoliche
Philoliche.jpg
Philoliche sp., south India
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Pangoniinae
Genus: Philoliche
Wiedemann, 1820

Philoliche is a genus of long-tongued horse-flies found in the Old World. It appears to be the sole member of tribe Philolichini.

The species Philoliche longirostris is noted for having the longest extension of the labium, used by males and females to obtain nectar. Females obtain blood from vertebrates using the shorter feeding tube (or syntrophium) that is hidden at the base of the labium.[1]

Species[]

The following are included in BioLib.cz:[2]

  1. (Thunberg, 1789)
  2. (Macquart, 1855)
  3. (Fabricius, 1805)
  4. (Fabricius, 1805)
  5. (Austen, 1911)
  6. (Macquart, 1847)
  7. (Wiedemann, 1828)
  8. Chvala, 1969
  9. (Szilady, 1926)
  10. (Fabricius, 1805)
  11. Philoliche longirostris (Hardwicke, 1823)
  12. Chavala, 1969
  13. (Bezzi, 1901)
  14. (Wiedemann, 1819)
  15. (Linnaeus, 1764)
  16. (Bigot, 1891)
  17. Wiedemann
  18. (Walker, 1854)
  19. (Ricardo, 1911)

References[]

  1. ^ Morita, Shelah I. (2008). "A phylogeny of long-tongued horse flies (Diptera:Tabanidae:Philoliche) with the first cladistic review of higher relationships within the family". Invertebrate Systematics. 22 (3): 311. doi:10.1071/IS07005.
  2. ^ BioLib.cz: Philoliche Wiedemann, 1928 (retrieved 9 August 2021)
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