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Tribe Tabanini

Representative Images

Fly - what kind? - Tabanus Docile Horse Fly - Tabanus petiolatus - male Very large fly - Tabanus atratus - female Tabanus molestus? - Tabanus trimaculatus - female Hybomitra a - Hybomitra affinis - female Horse Fly - Tabanus proximus 3040168 Tabanid - male Copestylum mexicanum? - Tabanus nigrescens - female

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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