Brennania

Brennania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Pangoniinae
Tribe:	Pangoniini
Genus:	Brennania; Philip, 1941
Type species
	Pangonia hera; Osten Sacken, 1877
Synonyms
	Comops Brennan, 1935 (subgenus of Apatolestes);

Brennania is a genus of flies in family Tabanidae. It was originally known as Comops, created as a subgenus of Apatolestes by Brennan (1935). Philip (1941) then raised it to genus level, but renamed it to Brennania (as it was preoccupied by Comops Aldrich, 1934).

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Brennania belkini (Philip, 1966) – Belkin's Dune Tabanid Fly
Brennania hera (Osten Sacken, 1877)

References

1 2 3 Philip, C. B. (1941). "Notes on three western genera of flies (Diptera, Tabanidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 36: 185–199.
1 2 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.
1 2 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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[Philip1941b-1] 1 2 3 Philip, C. B. (1941). "Notes on three western genera of flies (Diptera, Tabanidae)". Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 36: 185–199.

[OstenSacken1877-2] 1 2 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.

[Brennan1935-3] 1 2 Brennan, J. M. (1935). "The Pangoniinae of Nearctic America, Diptera: Tabanidae" (PDF). University of Kansas Science Bulletin. 22: 249–401.

[Moucha1976-4] 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.