''Apatolestes'' is a genus of horse flies (family
Tabanidae
Horse flies and deer flies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. The adults are often large and agile in flight. Only females bite land vertebrates, including humans, to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunli ...
).
Species
The genus contains the following species:
*''
Apatolestes actites''
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
& Steffan, 1962
*''
Apatolestes affinis''
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
, 1941
*''
Apatolestes aitkeni''
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
, 1941
*''
Apatolestes albipilosus''
Brennan, 1935
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Apatolestes ater''
Brennan, 1935
*''
Apatolestes colei''
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
, 1941
*''
Apatolestes comastes''
Williston, 1885
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Apatolestes hinei''
Brennan, 1935
*''
Apatolestes parkeri''
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
, 1941
*''
Apatolestes philipi''
Pechuman, 1985
*''
Apatolestes rossi''
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
, 1950 – (Ross's Apatalestes Tabanid Fly)
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Apatolestes villosulus''
(Bigot
Discrimination is the process of making unfair or prejudicial distinctions between people based on the groups, classes, or other categories to which they belong or are perceived to belong, such as race, gender, age, class, religion, or sexu ...
, 1892)
*''
Apatolestes willistoni''
Brennan, 1935
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Apatolestes rugosus''
Middlekauff & Lane, 1976
The following are synonyms of other species:
*''Apatolestes belkini''
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
, 1966 Synonym of ''
Brennania belkini''
(Philip, 1966)
*''Apatolestes bekini''
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
, 1966(?): Synonym of ''
Brennania belkini''
(Philip, 1966)
*''Apatolestes comastes var. fulvipes''
Philip
Philip, also Phillip, is a male name derived from the Macedonian Old Koine language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominen ...
, 1960: Synonym of ''A. willistoni''
Brennan, 1935
*''Apatolestes comastes var. willistoni''
Brennan, 1935: Synonym of ''A. willistoni''
Brennan, 1935
*''Apatolestes eiseni''
Townsend, 1895: Synonym of ''
Zophina eiseni''
(Townsend, 1895)
*''Apatolestes lutulentus''
Hutton, 1901: Synonym of ''
Ectenopsis lutulenta''
(Hutton, 1901)
*''Apatolestes similis''
Brennan, 1935:
Synonym of ''A. villosulus''
(Bigot, 1892)
References
Tabanidae
Taxa named by Samuel Wendell Williston
Diptera of North America
Tabanoidea genera
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