Silvius (fly) explained

Silvius is a genus of flies in the family Tabanidae.^{[1] [2]}

Species

• Silvius abdominalis Philip, 1954^[3]
• Silvius algirus Meigen, 1830^[4]
• Silvius alpinus (Scopoli, 1763)^[5]
• Silvius anchoricallus Chen, 1982
• Silvius appendiculatus Macquart, 1846^[6]
• Silvius aquila (Philip, 1968)^[7]
• Silvius atitlanensis Hays, 1960
• Silvius ceras (Townsend, 1897)^[8]
• Silvius ceylonicus Szilády, 1926^[9]
• Silvius chongmingensis Zhang & Xu, 1990^[10]
• Silvius confluens Loew, 1858^[11]
• Silvius cordicallus Chen & Quo, 1949^[12]
• Silvius dorsalis Coquillett, 1898^[13]
• Silvius formosensis Ricardo, 1913^[14]
• Silvius gibsoni Philip, 1958^[15]
• Silvius gigantulus (Loew, 1872)^[16]
• Silvius indianus Ricardo, 1911^[17]
• Silvius inflaticornis Austen, 1925^[18]
• Silvius jeanae Pechuman, 1960
• Silvius laticornis Meunier, 1902^[19]
• Silvius latifrons Olsufiev, 1937
• Silvius matsumurai Kono & Takahasi, 1939
• Silvius megaceras (Bellardi, 1859)^[20]
• Silvius melanopterus (Hine, 1905)^[21]
• Silvius merychippi Melander, 1947^[22]
• Silvius microcephalus Wehr, 1922
• Silvius notatus (Bigot, 1892)^[23]
• Silvius ochraceus Loew, 1858^[11]
• Silvius olsufjevi Burger, 1989
• Silvius omeishanensis Wang, 1992
• Silvius ornatus Philip & Mackerras, 1960^[24]
• Silvius oshimaensis Hayakawa, Takahasi & Suzuki, 1982
• Silvius peculiaris Olsufiev, 1971
• Silvius philipi Pechuman, 1938
• Silvius pollinosus Williston, 1880^[25]
• Silvius quadrivittatus (Say, 1823)^[26]
• Silvius sayi Brennan, 1935^[27]
• Silvius shirakii Philip & Mackerras, 1960^[24]
• Silvius suifui Philip & Mackerras, 1960^[24]
• Silvius tanyceras (Osten Sacken, 1886)^[28]
• Silvius variegatus (Fabricius, 1805)
• Silvius zaitzevi Olsufiev, 1941

Notes and References

1. Moucha . J. . Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue. . Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements . 1976 . 7 . 1–320 . 11 September 2022.
2. Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico . 1995 . Burger . J. F. . International Contributions on Entomology. 1 . 1 . 1–100. Associated Publishers.
3. Philip . C.B. . New North American Tabanidae. VIII. Notes on and keys to the genera and species of Pangoniinae exclusive of Chrysops . Revista Brasileira de Entomologia . 1954 . 2 . 13–60.
4. Book: Meigen . J.W. . Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten . 1830 . Sechster Theil. Schulz . Hamm . xi + 401 +[3] pp.
5. Book: Scopoli . I.A. . Entomologia carniolica exhibens insecta carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnæana . 1763 . Trattner . Vindobonae [= Vienna] . [30] + 420 pp . 23 June 2021.
6. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Supplement. [1] ]. 1846 . Mem. Soc. R. Sci. Agric. Arts . Lille . 133–364, 20 pls . 5 December 2020.
7. Philip . C.B. . Descriptions of new Neotropical Tabanidae and new records for Argentina . Acta Zoologica Lilloana . 1968 . 22[1967] . 105–132.
8. Townsend . C.H.T. . Diptera from the headwaters of the Gila River. I . Psyche: A Journal of Entomology . 1897 . 8 . 251 . 38–41 . 10.1155/1897/71209 . 24 October 2022 . free .
9. Szilády . Z. . New and Old World horseflies . Biologica Hung. . 1926 . 1 . 7 . 1–30, 1 pl.
10. Zhang . K.X. . Xu . R.M. . A new species of Silvius from Shanghai, China (Diptera: Tabanidae) . Contributions to Blood-Sucking Dipterous Insects . 1990 . 2 . 96–97.
11. Loew . Hermann . Bidrag till kannedomen om Afrikas Diptera [part] ]. Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-akademiens Forhandlingar. 1858 . (1857) 14 . 337–383 . 6 May 2019.
12. Chen . S.H. . Quo . F. . On the opistacanthous Tabanidae of China . Chinese Journal of Zoology . 1949 . 3 . 1–10.
13. Coquillett . D.W. . Report on a Collection of Japanese Diptera, Presented to the U.S. National Museum by the Imperial University of Tokyo. . Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum . November 4, 1898 . XXI . 1146 . 301–340 . 20 July 2018.
14. Ricardo . G. . Tabanidae from Formosa collected by Mr. H. Sauter . Annales Historica-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici . 1913 . 11 . 168–173 . 24 October 2022.
15. Philip . C.B. . Five new species of Tabanidae (Diptera) from Mexico and Brazil . Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society . 1958 . 31 . 177–184.
16. Loew . Hermann . Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. Centuria decima . Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift . 1872 . 16 . 49–124 . 10.1002/mmnd.18720160110 . 25 July 2021.
17. Ricardo . G. . A revision of the Oriental species of the genera of the family Tabanidae other than Tabanus . Records of the Indian Museum . 1911 . 4 . 321–397 . 10.5962/bhl.part.10541 . 196678321 . 24 October 2022.
18. Austen . E.E. . A contribution to knowledge of the blood-sucking Diptera of the Dardanelles . Bulletin of Entomological Research . 1925 . 16 . 1–23. 10.1017/S0007485300056108 .
19. Meunier . F. . Etudes de quelques diptères de l'ambre . Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie . 1902 . 16 . 8 . 395–405 . 24 October 2022.
20. Book: Bellardi . L. . Saggio di ditterologia messicana. Parte I . 1859 . Stamperia Reale . Torino . 80 pp., 2 pls.
21. Hine . J.S. . New species of North American Chrysops . The Ohio Naturalist . 1905 . 6 . 391–393 . 13 September 2022.
22. Melander . A.L. . Some fossil Diptera from Florissant, Colorado . Psyche: A Journal of Entomology . 1947 . 53 . 3–4 . 43–49, p. II. 10.1155/1946/32102 . free .
23. Bigot . J.M.F. . Descriptions de Diptères nouveaux. Tabanidi . Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France . 1892 . 5 . 602–691 . 8 July 2022.
24. Philip . C.B. . Mackerras . I.M. . On Asiatic and related Chrysopinae (Diptera: Tabanidae) . Philipp, J. Sci. . 1960 . 88 (1959) . 279–324.
25. Williston . S.W. . Some interesting new Diptera . Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences . 1880 . 4 . 243–246 . 10.5962/bhl.part.22794 . 13 September 2022. 2027/hvd.32044107188591 . free .
26. Say . Thomas . Descriptions of dipterous insects of the United States . Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia . 1823 . 3 . 73–104 . 1 May 2020.
27. J. M.. Brennan. 1935. The Pangoniinae of Nearctic America, Diptera: Tabanidae. University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 22. 249–401.
28. Osten Sacken . C.R. . Diptera [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana. . Zoologia-Insecta-Diptera . 1886 . 1 . 105–128.