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TABANIDAE (horseflies, deerflies, gad flies, stouts, clegs)

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Genus Atylotus (a genus of horseflies) 2      
Species Atylotus latistriatus (Brauer) (Saltmarsh Horsefly)     10  
Species Atylotus rusticus (Linnaeus) (Four-lined Horsefly)   30 23 2
Genus Chrysops (deerflies) 3      
Species Chrysops caecutiens (L) (Splayed Deerfly)   4 25  
Species Chrysops relictus Meigen, 1820 (Twin-lobed Deerfly)     19  
Species Chrysops sepulchralis (Fabricius) (Black Deerfly)       1
Genus Haematopota (clegs) 1      
Species Haematopota pluvialis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Notch-horned Cleg)   8 35  
Genus Hybomitra (a genus of horseflies) 2      
Species Hybomitra distinguenda (Verrall) (Bright Horsefly)   3 25  
Species Hybomitra muhlfeldi (Brauer) (Broadland Horsefly)   2    
Genus Tabanus (a genus of horseflies) 2      
Species Tabanus autumnalis Linnaeus, 1761 (Large Marsh Horsefly)   13 5  
Species Tabanus bromius Linnaeus, 1758 (Band-eyed Brown Horsefly)   19 28  

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera: Brachycera Sect (a) Tabanoidea and Asiloidea
Séguy, E., 1926 Diptères (Brachyhcéres) (Stratiomyiidae, Erinnidae, Coenomyiidae, Rhagionidae, Tabanidae, Codidae, Nemestrinidae, Mydaidae, Bombylidae, Therevidae, Omphralidae)

General Works

Grayson, A., 2004 A re-examination of Tabanidae (Diptera) in the Wingate Collection

TABANIDAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)
BRACHYCERA
(short-horned flies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

TABANIDAE is associated with:

There may be taxa associated with Tabanidae listed at higher taxonomic level

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

Associated with TABANIDAE:

Tabanidae may be associated with taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

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