Review of the Tabanidae (Diptera) of Eastern Melanesia and Samoa (Excluding New Caledonia), with Description of Three New Species.

Abstract

Three species of Tabanidae, one Cydistomyia from the Solomon Islands and two species of Tabanus from Fiji, are described. New distribution records for two Cydistomyia, one Japenoides, and three Tabanus species are presented for the Solomon Islands. Cydistomyia solomensis is reported from the Santa Cruz Islands for the first time. A list of Tabanidae from eastern Melanesia and Samoa (excluding New Caledonia) is given, as well as a key to genera and species.