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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Deer Flies (Chrysopsinae) » Chrysopsini » Chrysops » Chrysops indus

Species Chrysops indus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Family Tabanidae (Horse and Deer Flies)
Subfamily Chrysopsinae (Deer Flies)
Tribe Chrysopsini
Genus Chrysops
Species indus (Chrysops indus)
Explanation of Names
Chrysops indus Osten Sacken 1875
Identification
Orange face, apical spot filling half of cell r4, unstriped abdomen, and dark scutellum(1)
Works Cited
1.Tabanidae of Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains 1: a photographic key to the species of Chrysopsinae and Pangoniinae
Thomas A.W., Marshall S.A. 2009. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification No. 8.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 26 June, 2005 - 8:50am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 16 August, 2021 - 5:00pm

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