Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758
(a genus of horseflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Tabanus autumnalis
Large Marsh Horsefly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 35 images
Tabanus bromius
Band-eyed Brown Horsefly
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Male (Click to open)
 		Species 79 images
Tabanus sudeticus
Dark Giant Horsefly
Female (Click to open)
 		Species 21 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusTabanus (a genus of horseflies)
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)

Tabanus (a genus of horseflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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Distinguished from the superficially similar Hybomitra by the bare (not, or only microscopically hairy) eyes (lens).

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