Gressitia apicalis (Philip and Mackerras, 1961)
Gressitia apicalis Philip and Mackerras, 1961. Philipp.J. Sci., (1959) 88: 298.
Distribution
India: Nilgiri Hills (Tamil Nadu).
Diagnosis
A bright yellow species characterized by having a linear callus and distinct wing pattern. It is close to G. fusca Sch. Stek. But is separated in having linear callus almost in full length of frons; beared orange-yellow; legs with femora brown, but also having yellowish tint and yellow brown hairs; tibiae blackish brown, with black hairs; tarsi light brown ; wings with abrown band along R4+5 and an apical clear spot almost filling cell r4 ; and abdomen bright yellowish brown, darkened apically.
References
Philip, C.B. and Mackerras, I.M. 1961. On Asiatic and related chrysopinae (Diptera: Tabanidae.) Philip. J. Sci. , 88: 279-324.
Stone, A. 1975. Family Tabanidae. In: A Catalogue of the Diptera of the (Delfinado and Hardy, eds.). University press of Hawaii Honolulu, 2: 43-81.
Kapoor, V. C., Grewal, J. S., Sharma, S. K. and Gupta, S. K. 1988. Taxonomic studies of Indian Tabanids (Diptera: Tabanidae). Final report of PL-480 research project. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana.
Vijay Veer, 2004. Tabanidae flies (Diptera) from the Indian subregion. Annales of Forestry, 12 (2): 301-447.