Apatolestes

Apatolestes is a genus of horse flies (family Tabanidae).

Apatolestes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Pangoniinae
Tribe:	Pangoniini
Genus:	Apatolestes Williston, 1885[1]
Type species
Apatolestes comastes Williston, 1885

Species

The genus contains the following species:

• Apatolestes actites Philip & Steffan, 1962[2]
• Apatolestes affinis Philip, 1941[3]
• Apatolestes aitkeni Philip, 1941[3]
• Apatolestes albipilosus Brennan, 1935[4]
• Apatolestes ater Brennan, 1935[4]

• Apatolestes colei Philip, 1941[3]
• Apatolestes comastes Williston, 1885[1]
• Apatolestes hinei Brennan, 1935[4]
• Apatolestes parkeri Philip, 1941[3]
• Apatolestes philipi Pechuman, 1985
• Apatolestes rossi Philip, 1950[5] – (Ross's Apatalestes Tabanid Fly)
• Apatolestes villosulus (Bigot, 1892)[6]
• Apatolestes willistoni Brennan, 1935[4][7]
• Apatolestes yugosus Middlekauff & Lane, 1976[8]

The following are synonyms of other species:

• Apatolestes belkini Philip, 1966:[9] Synonym of Brennania belkini (Philip, 1966)
• Apatolestes bekini Philip, 1966(?): Synonym of Brennania belkini (Philip, 1966)
• Apatolestes comastes var. fulvipes Philip, 1960: Synonym of A. willistoni Brennan, 1935[7]
• Apatolestes comastes var. willistoni Brennan, 1935: Synonym of A. willistoni Brennan, 1935[7]
• Apatolestes eiseni Townsend, 1895: Synonym of Zophina eiseni (Townsend, 1895)
• Apatolestes lutulentus Hutton, 1901: Synonym of Ectenopsis lutulenta (Hutton, 1901)
• Apatolestes similis Brennan, 1935:[4] Synonym of A. villosulus (Bigot, 1892)

References

1. Williston, S. W. (1885). "On the classification of North American Diptera (second paper)". Entomologica Americana. 1: 10–13.
2. Philip, C. B.; Steffan, W. A. (1962). "New North America Tabanidae. XIV. An undescribed Apatolestes from the California coast (Diptera)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 38: 41–43.
3. Philip, C. B. (1941). "Notes on three western genera of flies (Diptera, Tabanidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 36: 185–199.
4. Brennan, J. M. (1935). "The Pangoniinae of Nearctic America, Diptera: Tabanidae" (PDF). University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 22: 249–401.
5. Philip, C. B. (1950). "New North American Tabanidae (Diptera) Part I. Pangoniinae". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 42 (4): 451–460. doi:10.1093/aesa/42.4.451.
6. Bigot, J. M. F. "Descriptions de Diptères nouveaux". Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 5: 602–691.
7. Middlekauff, W. W.; Lane, R. S. (1980). Adult and Immature Tabanidae (Diptera) of California (PDF). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey. 22. University of California Press. ISBN 9780520096042.
8. Middlekauff, W. W.; Lane, R. S. (1976). "A new species of Apatolestes from California (Diptera: Tabanidae)". Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 52 (4): 311–313.
9. Philip, C. B. (1966). "New North American Tabanidae. XVIII. New Species and Addenda to a Nearctic Catalog". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 59 (3): 519–527. doi:10.1093/aesa/59.3.519.