200 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS NEW GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION RECORDS FOR TWENTY-EIGHT SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF TABANIDS IN WEST VIRGINIA (DIPTERA:TABANIDAE) 12 J.D. Hacker, L. Butler, L.L. Pechuman 3 ABSTRACT: One new state record and 63 new county records for 28 species and subspecies of tabanids are listed for West Virginia. The new state record is Leucotabanus annulatus (Say). One new state record and sixty-three new county records for twenty-eight species and subspecies of tabanids are listed for West Virginia. The new state record is for Leucotabanus annulatus (Say). This species was previously recorded from scattered areas of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio and Pennsylvania. The West Virginia specimen was swept at dusk, indicating crepuscular or nocturnal behavior for L. annulatus. Larvae have been collected from rot holes in trees, in decaying logs and in soil beneath forest litter (Pechuman, 1973). All specimens collected by Coffman, Hacker and Lippert are in the West Virginia Department of Agriculture collection and were determined by L.L. Pechuman. Specimens collected by Amrine, Begley, Butler, Estep, Fisher, McDonald, and Swope are held in the West Virginia University collection. These specimens were determined by L. Butler. Tabanids collected by E. Estep were retained by Estep. For each species the information is given in the following order: Locality of collection, county, initials of collector and date of collection. Chrysops callidus Osten Sacken. Barboursville, CABELL, JDH, June 1, 1978. Big Ugly Public Hunting Area, LINCOLN, LB, August 2, 1 978. Bear Rocks Lake. OHIO, JDH, May 25, 1977. Spencer, ROANE, LB. May 22, 1978. C. calvus Pechuman and Teskey. Route 33-2 mi. east of county line CALHOUN, LB, May 27, 1978. C. cincticornis cincticornis Walker. McClintic Wildlife Station, MASON, JDH, June 6, 1978. Grace, HAMPSHIRE, CCC, June 20, 1978. 'Received July 10, 1979. 2 Published with approval of the Director of the W.Va. Univ.Agric. Exp. Sta. as scientific paper No. 1607. Respective addresses: Survey Entomologist, West Virginia Dept. of Agriculture, Plant Pest Control Div., Charleston, WV 25305; Professor of Entomology, Div. of Plant Sciences, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506; Professor of Entomology, Dept. of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853. ENT. NEWS 90(4) 200-202
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