Genus Apocampta Schiner, 1868

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• Apocampta Schiner, I.R. 1868 [1867]. Diptera. In, Unknown (Ed.). Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band. 1. Abtheilung. Wien [= Vienna] : B. K. Gerold's Sohn vi + 388 pp. [Date published 30 April 1868] [310].

  Type species:

   Apocampta nigra Schiner, 1868 by original designation.

Introduction

A monotypic genus of Australian horse fly distinguished from other Scionini by the slender, uniform black body and wings marked with blackish radial staining. Although it has been recorded to blood feed on humans (Mackerras 1960), little is known on the biology of the genus.

The genus was previously considered a synonym of Scaptia Walker, 1850 (Mackerras 1960), however, it was later reinstated to a valid genus based on strong molecular and morphological data (Lessard et al. 2013; Lessard 2014).

General References

Lessard, B.D. 2014. Revision of the austral horse fly tribe Scionini (Diptera: Tabanidae). Austral Entomology [printed version: Austral Entomology (2014) 53, 203–239] (Raised to genus (stat. n.) from synonym of Scaptia (Scaptia))

Lessard, B.D., Cameron, S.L., Bayless, K.M., Wiegmann, B.M. & Yeates, D.K. 2013. The evolution and biogeography of the austral horse fly tribe Scionini (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae) inferred from multiple mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 516-540

Mackerras, I.M. 1960. The Tabanidae (Diptera) of Australia III. Subfamily Pangoniinae, tribe Scionini and supplement to Pangoniini. Australian Journal of Zoology 8: 1-152

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