The horse fly fauna of Jordan consists of 24 species belonging to seven genera. The present study adds two new records; Tabanus unifasciatus and Tabanus lunatus. Keys and illustrations for the horse flies of Jordan are presented based on examined materials. Distribution and geographic ranges for each species is also given.

INTRODUCTION HisTORICAL REVIEW OF THE KNOWN RIcKETTSIAE MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUE Criteria for Distinguishing Rickettsiae from Cell Granules, etc. OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUs RICKETTSIAE Rickettsia medophagi in the Sheep-Ked, Melophagus ovinus Rickettsia in the Mosquito, Culex pipiens Rickettsia in the Sand-Fly, Culicoides sanguisuga Rickettsiae in Tabanidae Rickettsia lectularia in the Bedbug, Cimex...

By mark-release-recapture experiments, we assessed the density of loaisis vectors, Chrysops dimidiata Wulp plus some Chrysops silacea Austen (Diptera: Tabanidae) and estimated their range of flight in the secondary forest of southern Cameroon. In 1993, the release point was at the centre of the study area and recapture points were at 1,100 m radius. In 1994, releases were on the periphery of th...

Tabanus pseudonebulosus, new species, is described based on 217 female specimens and 5 males collected in Venezuela (Guarico, Aguaio, Santa Elena, and Palmarito) and in Brazil (Parcí: Santana do Araguaia, Serra das Andorinhas in São Geraldo do Araguaia, Serra Norte Carajás and Gorotire; Amazonas: Canutama; Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá), mostly in open vegetation, scrub forest and in rocky enviro...