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Subfamily Tabaninae - Horse Flies

Unknown Tabanidae - Tabanus gladiator Tabanus atratus - female BG853 C7874 - Hybomitra difficilis - female BG858 C7845a - Tabanus trimaculatus - female Striped Eyes - Tabanus Black Horse Fly - Tabanus atratus - male Black Horse Fly - Tabanus atratus - female Horse fly
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))
Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Family Tabanidae (Horse and Deer Flies)
Subfamily Tabaninae (Horse Flies)
Other Common Names
The salt marsh species known as greenheads.
Identification
General features of the Family: Tabanidae. Subfamily Tabaninae separated from the other 2 SF's by NOT having apical spurs on the tibia of the 3rd pair of legs.
Remarks
Subfamily 3 (of 3) of the Family: Tabanidae
3 Tribes are included:
T1 Diachlorini, containing 7 Genera:
... G1 Diachlorus with 1 sp.
... G2 Anacimas with 2 spp.
... G3 Bolbodimyia with 1 sp.
... G4 Chlorotabanus with 1 sp.
... G5 Leucotabanus with 2 spp.

... G6 Microtabanus with 1 sp.:-


... G7 Stenotabanus with 6 spp.
T2 Haematopotini, containing 1 Genus:
... G1 Haematopota with 5 spp.
T3 Tabanini, containing 6 Genera:
... G1 Tabanus with 108 taxa (107 spp, 1ssp.)
... G2 Agkistrocerus with 2 spp.
... G3 Atylotus with 14 spp.
... G4 Hamatabanus with 5 spp.
... G5 Hybomitra with 55 spp.

... G6 Whitneyomyia with 1 sp.:-