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Horse Fly - Tabanus sparus - female
Copyright © 2007 Brad Barnd

Horse Fly - Tabanus sparus - Female
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
July 3, 2007
Size: 9 mm
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Horse Fly - Tabanus sparus - female Horse Fly - Tabanus sparus - female
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 4 July, 2007 - 2:34pm
Last updated 15 April, 2018 - 12:45pm

This was once considered
a subspecies of Tabanus sparus i.e., Tabanus sparus milleri but is now considered simply a variety; thus Tabanus sparus var milleri. Note that T. sparus females lack an eye stripe whereas this variety has a single eye stripe.
… A.W. Thomas, 5 July, 2007 - 4:04pm

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