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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha

Infraorder Tabanomorpha

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Biting fly - Symphoromyia Deer Fly - Chrysops furcatus - female Golden-backed Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus thoracicus) - Chrysopilus thoracicus - male Maybe Tabanus sparus? - Tabanus Tabanus sp. (abdominalis?) - Tabanus abdominalis - female 12July2017.UF.CB.Dip2 - Tabanus - male Golden backed snipe fly - Chrysopilus thoracicus - male Chrysopilus fasciatus - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Identification
The Tabanomorpha typically have convex face (below the antennae) and the antennae usually bear a stylus. Males are nearly or fully holoptic except in Vermileonidae. The costa extends throughout the entire perimeter of the wing, although may be weaker posteriorly. The empodia on the tarsi are pulvilliform, thus making the tarsi appear to have 3 pads.
Contributed by Joe, Entomologist (in training) on 10 May, 2007 - 1:47am
Additional contributions by Arturo Santos
Last updated 9 July, 2021 - 1:37am

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