Plinthina (lat.) Is a horsefly species endemic to Australia from the subfamily Pangoniinae ( Tabanidae ).
| Plinthina |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Subtype : | Tracheo-breathing |
| Infraclass : | Winged insects |
| Treasure : | Fully Transformed Insects |
| Suborder : | Short-winged Diptera |
| Infrastructure : | Tabanomorpha |
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| International scientific name |
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Plinthina Walker , 1850 |
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The average size of a fly (9-14 mm). Eyes are covered with hairs. The first two segments of the antennae are small. Antenna flagellum consists of eight segments, without protrusions. Palps short, thick and wide, flattened and rounded at the apex. Proboscis less than one and a half times longer than the head. Mesoscutum with longitudinal stripes extending beyond transverse seam. The abdomen is round or oval, sometimes with bandages and a characteristic pattern. The wings are often marbled in the center of the cells, occasionally the wings are faded, transparent. Pterostigma is large. There are distinct spots on the abdomen [1] .
Representatives of the genus are well adapted to arid climate conditions. Females of the species Plinthina clelandi , Plinthina divisa , Plinthina vertebrata and Plinthina binotata feed on animal blood. Some species ( Plinthina binotata ) attack the shuttle. The habitats of the larvae are not known [1] .
The genus Plinthina includes 12 species. It was initially considered as a subgenus of the genus Scaptia , but in 2014, the Australian dipterologist Brian Lessard identified this group as a separate genus based on morphological and molecular genetic data. It is close to the genus Myioscaptia [1] .
- Plinthina arnhemensis (Lessard, 2011)
- Plinthina aurifulga (Lessard, 2011)
- Plinthina beyonceae (Lessard, 2011)
- Plinthina binotata ( Latreille , 1812) typus [1]
- Plinthina clelandi (Ferguson, 1921)
- Plinthina cinerea (Ricardo, 1915)
- Plinthina divisa ( Walker , 1850)
- Plinthina nelsonae (Lessard, 2011)
- Plinthina nigerrima Mackerras, 1960
- Plinthina nigripuncta (Lessard, 2011)
- Plinthina subcinerea (Mackerras, 1960)
- Plinthina vertebrata (Bigot, 1892)
Endemic Australian genus. Distributed on the east coast from New South Wales to the north of Queensland , in the southeast and north coast of Western Australia , as well as the northeast coast of the Northern Territory [1] .
