Tabanidae

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Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Tabanidae
Chrysops relictus Meigen, 1820

Chrysops relictus Meigen, 1820

Chrysops relictus Meigen, 1820

Chrysops relictus (twin-lobed deerfly) is a largish deerfly found in Europe and Asia with hydrobiontic larvae that feed on damp soil organic matter.

Chrysops flavidus Wiedemann, 1821

Chrysops flavidus Wiedemann, 1821

Chrysops flavidus Wiedemann, 1821

Chrysops flavidus is a yellow-legged deer fly species in the Tabanidae family found in the United States.

Chrysops moechus Osten Sacken, 1875

Chrysops moechus Osten Sacken, 1875

Chrysops moechus Osten Sacken, 1875

Chrysops moechus, the adulterous deer fly, is a Tabanidae deer fly species found in Canada and the United States.

Chrysops niger Macquart, 1838

Chrysops niger Macquart, 1838

Chrysops niger Macquart, 1838

Chrysops niger, the black deer fly, is a black-bodied fly with black-barred wings found in eastern North America.

Chrysops univittatus Macquart, 1855

Chrysops univittatus Macquart, 1855

Chrysops univittatus Macquart, 1855

Chrysops univittatus is a deer fly species in the Tabanidae family, found in eastern US and southeastern Canada.

Chrysops caecutiens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chrysops caecutiens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chrysops caecutiens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chrysops caecutiens, the splayed deer fly, is a horsefly species found across much of Eurasia that prefers shaded marshy and damp wooded habitats.

Chrysops viduatus (Fabricius, 1794)

Chrysops viduatus (Fabricius, 1794)

Chrysops viduatus (Fabricius, 1794)

Chrysops viduatus is a species with distinct yellow-brown middle tibiae and a defined black spot on its second yellow abdominal segment.

Silvius gigantulus (Loew, 1872)

Silvius gigantulus (Loew, 1872)

Silvius gigantulus (Loew, 1872)

Silvius gigantulus is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae found in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

Silvius alpinus (Scopoli, 1763)

Silvius alpinus (Scopoli, 1763)

Silvius alpinus (Scopoli, 1763)

Silvius alpinus is a species of horse fly in the Tabanidae family found in Central and Southern Europe.

Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775

Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775

Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775

Tabanus is a genus of biting horseflies, with females that feed on livestock blood and can act as disease vectors.

Tabanus trimaculatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1806

Tabanus trimaculatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1806

Tabanus trimaculatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1806

Tabanus trimaculatus is a horse fly species in the Tabanidae family found in the United States and Canada.

Tabanus bromius Linnaeus, 1758

Tabanus bromius Linnaeus, 1758

Tabanus bromius Linnaeus, 1758

Tabanus bromius is a small European horsefly species where females bite mammals and feed on blood.

Tabanus autumnalis Linnaeus, 1761

Tabanus autumnalis Linnaeus, 1761

Tabanus autumnalis Linnaeus, 1761

Tabanus autumnalis, the large marsh horsefly, is a medium-sized scarce European biting horsefly that favors coastal marsh habitats.

Tabanus punctifer Osten Sacken, 1876

Tabanus punctifer Osten Sacken, 1876

Tabanus punctifer Osten Sacken, 1876

Tabanus punctifer, the western horse fly, is a biting horse fly species found in North America's western and southern regions.

Tabanus americanus Forster, 1771

Tabanus americanus Forster, 1771

Tabanus americanus Forster, 1771

Tabanus americanus, the American horse fly, is a tabanid horse-fly found in Canada and the US near livestock pastures and water.

Tabanus calens Linnaeus, 1758

Tabanus calens Linnaeus, 1758

Tabanus calens Linnaeus, 1758

Tabanus calens is a horse fly species in the Tabanidae family found across Canada and the United States.

Tabanus fulvulus Wiedemann, 1828

Tabanus fulvulus Wiedemann, 1828

Tabanus fulvulus Wiedemann, 1828

Tabanus fulvulus is a horse fly species in the order Diptera found in the United States.

Tabanus taeniola Palisot de Beauvois, 1806

Tabanus taeniola Palisot de Beauvois, 1806

Tabanus taeniola Palisot de Beauvois, 1806

Tabanus taeniola is a species of horse fly in family Tabanidae, found across Africa and parts of the Palearctic East Mediterranean.

Tabanus sudeticus Zeller, 1842

Tabanus sudeticus Zeller, 1842

Tabanus sudeticus Zeller, 1842

Tabanus sudeticus, the dark giant horsefly, is a large European fly that feeds on horse and cow blood, avoiding humans.

Tabanus bovinus Linnaeus, 1758

Tabanus bovinus Linnaeus, 1758

Tabanus bovinus Linnaeus, 1758

Tabanus bovinus, the pale giant horse-fly, is a large biting horse-fly that prefers bovine blood meals and only bites humans infrequently.

Tabanus lineola Fabricius, 1794

Tabanus lineola Fabricius, 1794

Tabanus lineola Fabricius, 1794

Tabanus lineola is a species where biting females have a pale abdominal median stripe, and non-biting males lack eye hair.

Tabanus sulcifrons Macquart, 1855

Tabanus sulcifrons Macquart, 1855

Tabanus sulcifrons Macquart, 1855

Tabanus sulcifrons is a horse fly species from the Tabanidae family, distributed across eastern US and adjacent southern Canada.

Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Macquart, 1838)

Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Macquart, 1838)

Hybomitra lasiophthalma (Macquart, 1838)

Hybomitra lasiophthalma is a horse fly species in the Tabanidae family found in Canada and the United States.

Hybomitra bimaculata (Macquart, 1826)

Hybomitra bimaculata (Macquart, 1826)

Hybomitra bimaculata (Macquart, 1826)

Hybomitra bimaculata is a Palearctic horse fly species from the Tabanidae family found across parts of Eurasia.

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