Notes on Argentine Tabans, XVI. The genus Chrysops Meigen (Diptera, Insecta)

Abstract

The genus Chrysops Meigen, as it occurs in Argentina is reviewed with keys and illustrations. Sixteen species are recorded: Ch. argentinus Pechuman (female and male), Ch. berta Pechuman (female and male), Ch. brevifascius Lutz (female), Ch. bulbicornie Lutz (female), Ch. crucians Wiedemann (female), Ch. flavoscutellatus Kroeber (female), Ch. flinti n. sp. (female), Ch. laetus Fabricius (female and male), Ch. leucospilus Wiedemann (female and male), Ch. nigricorpus Lutz (female), Ch. paraguayensis Bréthes (female), Ch. patriciae Pechuman (female and male), Ch. trifarius Macquart (female), Ch. uruguayensis Lutz (female and male), Ch. vartans Wiedeman (female) and Ch. variegatus (De Geer) (female).