Gastroxides is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.[4] This genus possesses three closely placed ocelli at the vertex of the head, between the compound eyes.
| Gastroxides | |
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| Gastroxides ornatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysopsinae |
| Tribe: | Rhinomyzini |
| Genus: | Gastroxides Saunders, 1842[1] |
| Type species | |
| Gastroxides ater | |
| Synonyms | |
Species
edit- Gastroxides ater Saunders, 1842[1] - India
- Gastroxides ornatus (Bigot, 1859)[3] - Sri Lanka
- Gastroxides shirakii Ôuchi, 1939[5] - China
References
edit- ^ a b c Saunders, W.W. (1842). "Descriptions of four new dipterous insects from Central and Northern India". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3(1)[1841]: 59–81. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.
- ^ a b Bigot, J.M.F. (1859). "Dipterorum aliquot nova genera". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. 11 (2): 305–315, pl. 11. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Ôuchi, Y. (1939). "Diptera Sinica. Tabanidae. I. On some horseflies belonging to the Subfamily Pangoninae from Eastern and Northern China, Manchoukuo and Northern Corea". J. Shanghai Sci. Inst. 4 (3): 175–189.
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