Philoliche

Philoliche is a genus of long-tongued horse-flies found in the Old World. It appears to be the sole member of tribe Philolichini.

Philoliche
Philoliche sp., south India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Pangoniinae
Genus: Philoliche
Wiedemann, 1820

The species Philoliche longirostris is noted for having the longest extension of the labium, used by males and females to obtain nectar. Females obtain blood from vertebrates using the shorter feeding tube (or syntrophium) that is hidden at the base of the labium.[1]

Species

The following are included in BioLib.cz:[2]

  1. Philoliche aethiopica (Thunberg, 1789)
  2. Philoliche alternans (Macquart, 1855)
  3. Philoliche amboinensis (Fabricius, 1805)
  4. Philoliche angulata (Fabricius, 1805)
  5. Philoliche auricona (Austen, 1911)
  6. Philoliche caffra (Macquart, 1847)
  7. Philoliche chrysostigma (Wiedemann, 1828)
  8. Philoliche haroldi Chvala, 1969
  9. Philoliche korosicsomana (Szilady, 1926)
  10. Philoliche lateralis (Fabricius, 1805)
  11. Philoliche longirostris (Hardwicke, 1823)
  12. Philoliche macquartiana Chavala, 1969
  13. Philoliche magretii (Bezzi, 1901)
  14. Philoliche melanopyga (Wiedemann, 1819)
  15. Philoliche rostrata (Linnaeus, 1764)
  16. Philoliche semilivida (Bigot, 1891)
  17. Philoliche stricornis Wiedemann
  18. Philoliche taprobanes (Walker, 1854)
  19. Philoliche varipes (Ricardo, 1911)

References
  1. Morita, Shelah I. (2008). "A phylogeny of long-tongued horse flies (Diptera:Tabanidae:Philoliche) with the first cladistic review of higher relationships within the family". Invertebrate Systematics. 22 (3): 311. doi:10.1071/IS07005.
  2. BioLib.cz: Philoliche Wiedemann, 1928 (retrieved 9 August 2021)
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