Tribe Tabanini

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Hamatabanus exilipalpis? - Hamatabanus carolinensis

horse fly - Hybomitra epistates - female

BG1759 E1499 - Tabanus turbidus - female

Tabanus punctifer? - Tabanus punctifer - female

Male, Tabanus? - Tabanus eurycerus - male

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 Tabaninae (Horse Flies)

Tribe Tabanini

Numbers

~180 spp. in 7 genera in our area(1)(2), ~600 spp. in 11 genera total(3)

Range

worldwide

Works Cited

1.	Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1 Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1981. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.

2.	Poeciloderas quadripunctatus

3.	BioLib.cz

Contributed by v belov on 25 August, 2015 - 1:50pm
Last updated 10 August, 2021 - 4:45pm

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