Species Tabanus proximus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Print References · Internet References

BG1727 E2253 - Tabanus proximus - female

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)

Genus Tabanus

Species proximus (Tabanus proximus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tabanus benedictus Whitney, 1904 (ITIS).

Explanation of Names

Author is Walker, 1848.

Numbers

Two subpsecies:

Tabanus proximus benedictus Whitney

Tabanus proximus proximus Walker, 1848

Size

26 mm (guide photo)

Identification

Key Characters, in sequence (from Stone 1938):

1- eye bare (no hairs); no ocellar tubercle

2 - abdomen unicolorous

3 - palps dark brown

4 - furcation (where the wing veins diverge near tip) with a dark spot (see image 2)

5 - mesonotum (top of thorax) black (see image 2)

6 - frons narrow, distinctly widened above (see image 1); antennae mostly orange

Print References

Stone, A. 1938. The horseflies of the subfamily Tabaninae of the Nearctic region. Miscellaneous Publication No. 305. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. 171 pp.

Internet References

Insectimages.org

ITIS entry

Contributed by Cotinis on 30 September, 2007 - 3:03am
Additional contributions by Tony-2
Last updated 8 March, 2008 - 4:53pm

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