Brennania
Brennania is a genus of flies in family Tabanidae. It was originally known as Comops, created as a subgenus of Apatolestes by Brennan (1935).[2] Philip (1941) then raised it to genus level, but renamed it to Brennania (as it was preoccupied by Comops Aldrich, 1934).[1]
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| Subfamily: | Pangoniinae |
| Tribe: | Pangoniini |
| Genus: | Brennania Philip, 1941[1] |
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| Pangonia hera Osten Sacken, 1877 | |
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Comops Brennan, 1935[2] (subgenus of Apatolestes) | |
Species
The genus contains the following species:
- Brennania belkini (Philip, 1966) – Belkin's Dune Tabanid Fly
- Brennania hera (Osten Sacken, 1877)[1]
References
- Philip, C. B. (1941). "Notes on three western genera of flies (Diptera, Tabanidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 36: 185–199.
- Brennan, J. M. (1935). "The Pangoniinae of Nearctic America, Diptera: Tabanidae" (PDF). University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 22: 249–401.
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