Brennania
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Subfamily: | Pangoniinae |
| Tribe: | Pangoniini |
| Genus: | Brennania Philip, 1941[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pangonia hera Osten Sacken, 1877[2]
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Brennania is a genus of flies in family Tabanidae. It was originally known as Comops, created as a subgenus of Apatolestes by Brennan (1935).[3] Philip (1941) then raised it to genus level, but renamed it to Brennania (as it was preoccupied by Comops Aldrich, 1934).[1][4]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following species:
- Brennania belkini (Philip, 1966) – Belkin's Dune Tabanid Fly
- Brennania hera (Osten Sacken, 1877)[2][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Philip, C. B. (1941). "Notes on three western genera of flies (Diptera, Tabanidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 36: 185–199.
- ^ a b Osten Sacken, C.R. (1877). "Western Diptera: Descriptions of new genera and species of Diptera from the region west of the Mississippi and especially from California". Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. 3 (189–354). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.57939.
- ^ a b Brennan, J. M. (1935). "The Pangoniinae of Nearctic America, Diptera: Tabanidae" (PDF). University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 22: 249–401.
- ^ 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.
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