R. L. Blickle.
Tabanidae of New Hampshire.
Psyche 61(2):74-80, 1954.

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TABANIDAE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
University of New Hampshire
Many species of Tabanidae are of economic importance in the state as pests of man and of livestock. In general, the species of the genus Tabanus are more important as regards livestock, while those of the genus Chrysops are irritating to man. The following horseflies, listed in order of their appearance during the summer, are of economic importance; Tabanus lasiopthalmus, T. typhus, T. lineola, T. trispi7us, T. audimbus, and T. sulcifrons. Along the coast T. niqrovittatm in mid-summer and T. actaeon in late summer have been numerous enough at times to be important. Other species present at the same time as those mentioned above, though not numerous, contribute to the losses attributed to horseflies. The deerflies, although very numerous, do n'ot irritate the cattle or cause as much loss of blood as do the larger horseflies. The deerflies are im- portant as pests of man in recreational areas and in tracts where lumbering operations are being conducted. Those species causing discomfort to man because of their abund- ance are: Chrysops mitis, C. sordida, C. carbonaria, and C. excitans in early summer. C. lateralis, C. striata, C. univittata, and C. vittata are important along the seashore and causes more discomfort to many than any other species of Tabanidae.
The list of species and subspecies is based mainly on material in the University of New Hampshire collection. Incorporated in the collection are the specimens donated by the late S. A. Shaw. Mr. Shaw was an active collector of insects, especially Diptera, from 1890 until 1934. Other collectors contributing to the collection have been: R. L. Blickle, J. G. Conklin, W. F. Fiske, A. G. Humes, P. R. Lowry, W. J. Morse, H. W. Smith and C, M. Weed. Ad- ditional records were obtained from the Museum of Com- 'Published with the permission of the Director as Scientific Contribu- tion No. 156 of the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station. Pnrtit 61:74-80 (1054). hup Wpsycht einclub org/61/61-074 html



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parative Zoology and from the Boston Society collection, now at Boston University. The examination of these col- lections was made possible through the courtesy of Drs. J. Bequaert and A. G. Humes, respectively. Published lists recording species taken in New Hamp- shire are : Johnson (1925, l925a), Brennan (WE), Stone (1938), Philip (1947, 1950), and Fairchild (1950). In all forty-nine species and subspecies are recorded in the above works. The present list contains seventy-one species and subspecies. Four species recorded from both Maine and Massachusetts are also listed. Judging from the dis- tribution of tabanids in the neighboring states and in Can- ada, the number recorded will eventually be approximately ninety.
Locality records are given as townships. Only the ex- treme dates of capture are listed. Most of the records are from the southeastern part of the state and from the White Mountain area. The western part of the &ate north of the Mt. Monadnock area is poorly represented. The author is indebted to Dr. L. L. Pechuman for the determination of the flies.
Stonemyia Brennan
ram (Loew) : Durham, Gilmanton, Hampton, Lee, Mt. Washingtion, New Durham, Pelham, July 19 to Aug. 29. tranqziilla (Osten Sacken) : Crawford Notch, Durham, Gilmanton, Hampton, Kearsarge, Lee, New Durham, Mt. Washington, North Conway, Ossipee, Pinkham Notch, Twin Mts., White Mountains
(type loc.) July
18 to Aug. 23.
Chrysops Meigen
aberrans Philip: Alton, Durham, Gilmanton, Lee, Mad- bury, New Durham. June 15 to Sept. 9.
amazon Daecke : Durham, Lee, Rochester. June 15 to July 13,
atlantica Pechuman: Hampton (S. A. Shaw). July 1 to Aug. 21.
callida Osten Sacken: Barrington, Durham, Gilmanton, Hampton, Lee, Milford. June 12 to Aug. 4. carbonaria Walker : Bretton Woods, Colebrook, Conway,



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Durham, Gorham, Hampton, Hanover, Intervale, Lee, Madbury, Merrimack, Ossipee, Pittsburg, Twin Mts. May 7 to July 14.
celer Osten Sacken : Colebrook, Dummer, Durham, Hamp- ton, Lee, Milford, Pittsburg, Rye, June 1 to July 23. cuclux Whitney: Bretton Woods, Colebrook, Durham, Hamptaon, Madbury, Milford (type loc.), Moulton- boro, Pittsburg, White Mts., May 10 to July 14. cursim Whitney : Milford (type loc.) . July. delicatula Osten Sacken: Alton, Durham, Gilmanton, Lee, Madbury, Madislon, New Durham, North Clonway (type loc.), Webster. July 12 to Aug. 14. dimmocki Hine : Lee (R. L. Blickle) . July 8. excitans Walkier : Antrim,, Belmont, Bretton Wolods, Colebrook, Dixville, Durham, Dumrner, Gorham, Lee, Madbury, Newfields, North Conway, Ossipee, Pitts- burg, Rye, Tamworth. June 3 to July 12.
frigida Osten Sacken: Durham, Lee, Milford, New Dur- ham, North Conway, White Mts. June 11 to July 14. frigida xantha Philip : Milford, Franconia. July 8. fuliginosa Wiedemann : Durham, Hampton, Lee. June 6 to July 2.
geminata Wiedemann: Belknap, Belmont, Durham, Greenfield, Hill, Lee, Lyme, Madbury, Milford, New Durham, Wilton. July 5 to July 25.
geminata impunctata Krober : Durham (R. L. Blickle) . July 18.
. . inda Osten Sacken : Milford, Pittsburg. June 20 to July 1. lateralis Wiedemann: Barrington, Belrnont, Bretton Woods, Dublin, Durham, Gilford, Gilmanton, Hamp- ton, Hanover, Intervale, Lee, Jaffrey, Madbury, Mil- ford, Mt. Monadnock, New Durham, North Conway, Portsmouth, Rochester, Squam Lake, Mt. Washington, Woodstock. June 11 to Aug. 24.
mitis Osten Sacken : Bretton Woods, Dixville, Franconia, Jaffrey, Mt. Washington, Pittsburg. June 11 to July 7. moecha Osten Sacken: Alton, Durham, Hampton, Lee, Madbury. June 1 to Aug. 24.
montana Osten Sacken: Alton, Durham, Lee. July 6 to July 18.
nigra Macquart : Alton, Belmont, Dixville, Durham,



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Hampton, Madbury, Milford, Mt. Washington, New- fields, Pittsburg, Rochester. June 1 to Aug. 11. nigribimbo Whitney: Milford (type loc.). July 9 to July 21.
pudica Osten Sacken: Durham, Lee (R. L. Blickle). July 4.
sackeni Hine: Durham, Hampton, Lee, Milford, New- fields. June 17 to Aug. 8.
shermani Hine: Berlin, Dixville (R. L. Blickle). June 19 to June 20.
sordida Osten Sacken : Bretton Woods, Colebrook, Dix- ville, Dummer, Franconia, Mt. Washington, Pittsburg, Twin Mts. (type loc.). June 19 to July 16. striata Osten Sacken : Belmont, Durham, Gilmanton, Hampton, Lee, Madbury, New Durham, Sanbornton. June 22 to July 30.
univittuta Macquart : Belmont, Durham, Gilmanton, Hampton, Lee, Madbury, Milford, New Durham, New- fields, Ossipee. May 21 to Sept. 11.
vittata Wiedemann : Belmont, Durham, Gilmanton, Greenfield, Hampton, Lee, Madbury, Milford, New Durham, Pelham, Rye, Sanbornton. June 19 to Sept. 9. wiedemanni Krober : Alton, Durham, Epping, Hampton, Lee, Madbury, Milford, New Durham. June 12 to Sept. 9.
A tylotus Osten Sacken
bicolor (Wiedemann) : Hampton, Webster. July 15 to Aug. 5.
pemeticzis (Johnson) : Recorded from Maine and Massa- chusetts (Philip 1947).
thoracicus (Hine) : Recorded from Maine and Massa- chusetts (Philip 1947) .
Tubanus L. (Hybomitra Enderlein)
affinis Kirby: Bretton Woods, Intervale, Jaffrey, Mt. Monadnock, New Durham, Peterboro, Shelburne, Mt. Washington. June 21 to July 11.
aurilimbus Stone: Belmont, Durham, Gilmanton, Hamp- ton, Epping, Madbury, Milford, New Durham, North Hampton. June 29 to Aug. 5.




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astutus Osten Sacken: Pinkham Notch, White Mts. (type ~oc.) . Aug. 21-22.
brennani Stone : Franconia (type loc.) . July 14. cinctus Fabricius: Dublin, Durham,
Lee, Madbury,
Union. July 23 to Aug. 2.
epistates Osten Sacken: Durham, Lee, Mt. Monadnock,
Shelburne. July 4 to July 25.
hinei Johnson: Lee, Madbury (R. L. Blickle) . June 28 to July 25.
illotus Osten Sacken : Pittsburg (Morse, Blickle) . June 20.
lasiopthalmus Macquart : Bretton Woods, Dummer, Dur- ham, Hampton, Hanover, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, New- fields, Pelham, Pittsburg, Rye, Twin Mts. May 30 to Aug. 15.
longiglossus Philip: Recorded from Maine and Massa- chusetts (Philip 1947).
mtabolus McDunnough: Hampton, Jaffrey, Milford, Passaconaway, Pittsburg.
microcephalus Osten Sacken: Lee, Jackson, Madbury, New Durham, Pinkham Notch, Rumney, Twin Mts., White Mts. (type loc.) . July 8 to Sept. 9. minusculus Hine : Philip (1950).
nudus MBcDunnough: Durham, Hampton, Jackson, Jaff- rey, Lee, New Durham, Passaconaway, Pittsburg. May 3 to June 20.
septentrionalis Loew: Recorded from Maine and Massa- chusetts (Philip 1947).
trepidus McDunnough : Colebrook, Dummer, Durham, Hampton, Lee. June 10 to Aug. 10.
trispilus Wiedemann : Barrington, Dublin, Durham, Ep- ping, Franconia, Hampton, Lee, Madbury, Newfields, Pittsfield. July 4 (to Aug. 8.
typhus Whitney: Barrington, Durham, Freedom, Lee, Madbury, Milford (type loc.), New Durham, North Conway. June 15 to July 27.
zonalis Kirby : Lee, Milford, Pa~sa~onaway. June 8 to July 15.




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Tabanus L. (Tabanus s-str.)
actaeon Osten Sacken : Amherst, Dublin, Durham, Hamp- ,ton, Lee, Milford, Pelham, Rye. Aug. 9 to Sept. 17. americanus Forster : Dublin. (Johnson 1925 a) . July. atratus Fabricius : Durham, Hampton, Lee, Pelham. June 30 to Aug. 28.
atratus fulvopilosus J'ohnson : Durham (H. W. Smith). July 22.
atratus %antuckensis Hine : Hampton, Newfields, Roches- ter. July 9 to Sept. 13.
catenatus Walker: Durham, Hampton, Jaffrey, Lee, Rye. July 7 to Aug. 27.
fairchildi Stone: Alstead, Hillsboro. July I to July 16. lineola F'abricius : Barrington, Durham, Gilmanton, Hampton, Lee9 Madbury.
lineola scutellaris Walker : Durham, Hampton, Lee. June 17 to July 20.
nigripes Wiedemann : Hampton, Milford. July 3 to July 14.
nigrovittatus Macquart : Durham, Hampton, Newmark- et, Portsmouth, Rye. June 30 to Aug. 8.
nivosm Osten Sacken: Durham, Freedom, Hampton, Lee, New Durham. June 12 to July 31.
pumilus Macquart : Barrington, Durham? Lee, Madbury, Portsmouth. July I to July 31.
quinquevittatus Wiedemann: Durham, Gilmanton, Lee, Madbury, New Durham, Newfields, Newmarket. July 2 to Sept. 21.
~einwardtii Wiedemann: Durham, Newfields. July 11 to Aug. 1.
sparus Whitney: Durham, Hampton, Lee, Milford (type loc.), Newfields, Rye. June 10 to July 20. stggim Say: Durham. (no date).
sulcifrons Macquart : Durham, Hampton, Lee? Madbury. July 11 ta Sept. 9.
swpwjumentarius Whitney : Durham, Epping, Hampton, Lee, Madbury, Milford (type lm.). June 14 to Aag. 3. wivaz Osten Sacken: Durham, Farmington, Gilmanton, Hampton, Lee, Strafford. July 4 to July 23.



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LITERATURE CITED
BRENNAN) J. M.
1935, The Pangoniinae of Nearctic America. Diptera. Tabanidae. Bull. Univ. Kansas, 36:l-401.
FAIRCHILD, G. B.
1950. The Diptera or true flies of Connecticut. Family Tabanidae. Fasc. 4. Conn. State Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. Bull., 75:3-31. JOHNSON) C. W.
1925%. Fauna of New England 15.
List of the Diptera or two-winged
flies. Occas. Pap. Bost. SOC. Nat. Hist,., VII: 1-326. 1925b.
Diptera of the Harris Collection. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 38 :57-90.
PHILIP, C. B.
1947.
A catalog of the Blood-sucking Fly Family Tabanidae of the Nearctic Region North of Mexico. Amer. Mid. Nat., 37(2): 257-324.
1950.
Corrections and Addenda to a Catalog of Nearctic Tabanidae. Amer. Mid. Nat., 43(2) :430.
STONE) ALAN
1938.
The Horseflies of the Subfamily Tabanidae of the Nearctic Region, U.S.D.A. Misc. Pub. No. 305: 1-168.



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