Chrysops caecutiens (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Splayed Deerfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly)
GenusChrysops (deerflies)
FamilyTABANIDAE (horseflies, deerflies, gad flies, stouts, clegs, horsefly)
SuperfamilyTABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)
InfraorderTabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Chrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly) :
1: Chrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly)
21 Jul 2006 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, came indoors
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - close-up - enlargedImage 2: Female - head and antennae - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 3: Female - head and eyes - anterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 4: Female - head and eyes - anterior view - close-up - magnifiedImage 5: Female - head and eyes - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 6: Female - head and eyes - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 7: Female - head and eyes - dorso-anterior view - close-up - magnifiedImage 8: Female - head and eyes - ventral view - close-up - magnifiedImage 9: Female - head, antennae and thorax - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Female - head - anterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 11: Female - head, eyes and antennae - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 12: Female - head, eyes and antennae - dorsal view - close-up - magnified (2)Image 13: Female - head - front three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 14: Female - head - front three-quarter view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 15: Female - head - lateral view - left side - close-up - highly enlargedImage 16: Female - head - lateral view - right side - close-up - highly enlargedImage 17: Female - head - latero-anterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 18: Female - lateral view - close-up - enlarged
2: Chrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly)
30 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on me
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings spreadImage 2: Female - latero-ventral viewImage 3: Female - ventral view
3: Chrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly)
27 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
on me
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - lateral view
4: Chrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly)
19 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
in garage
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - ventral view
5: Chrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly)
5 Jul 1997 OSGR: SP61 51° 50’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Female - latero-ventral viewImage 4: Female - ventral view

Chrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysops caecutiens (Splayed Deerfly)
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