Species Diachlorus ferrugatus - Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp

Classification

orange-striped tabanid - top - Diachlorus ferrugatus

Yellow fly - Diachlorus ferrugatus - female

Tabanus sp? - Diachlorus ferrugatus - 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 Diachlorus

Species ferrugatus (Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp)

Contributed by Tony-2 on 2 May, 2006 - 6:40pm

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