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Name: Ancala africana (Gray, 1832: 114)
Type: Mozambique & Uganda
Status: (Available, Valid) Current Status
Notes:
Valid Name: Ancala africana Gray
Family: Tabanidae
Category: Species
Range: (AF: AF) widespread from nthn Nigeria to Sudan & Ethiopia, Angola, Congo
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Citation: Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. 1832. Part 34, pp. 577-796 of their: The class Insecta arranged by the Baron Cuvier, with supplementary additions to each order by Edward Griffith, F.L.S., A.S. &c. and Edward Pidgeon, Esq. and notices of new genera and species by George Gray, Esq. Volume the second. In Griffith, E., et al., The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with supplementary additions to each order. Volume the fifteenth. Whittaker, Treacher & Co., London. 793 pp. [1832.12.??]
Verification Code: 99
Authority: Chainey, J.E. 1990
Revision Date: 07/12/2024
Kind of Name: ValidSpecies
Record #: 10143
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