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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae)

Subfamily Tabaninae - Horse Flies

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited
Horse fly type thing - Tabanus sagax BG1747 E2173 - Tabanus sulcifrons - male Lazy fly 1 - Hybomitra lasiophthalma - male Stenotabanus psammophilus? - Stenotabanus psammophilus - male 05Jun2017.lotus.HN.Dip.3 - Tabanus equalis - female Black horse fly? - Tabanus atratus 6/4/21 Diptera - Tabanus - female male tabanid - Hybomitra lasiophthalma - 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)
Numbers
>200 spp. in 14 genera of 3 tribes in our area(1)
Identification
separated from the other subfamilies by lack of apical metatibial spurs.
Five images from different angles will allow for identification of any NA tabanid; must have images 1-4; #5 very desirable but not always possible.
Print References
(2)(3)(4)(5)
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.The horse flies and deer flies of Canada and Alaska (Diptera: Tabanidae)
Teskey H.J. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Pt. 16. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. 381 pp.
3.The horseflies of the subfamily Tabaninae of the Nearctic Region
Stone A. 1938. USDA Misc. Publ. 305. 171 pp.
4.Tabanidae of Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains 2: a photographic key to the genera and species of Tabaninae...
Thomas A.W. 2011. CJAI 13.
5.The horse flies and deer flies of Idaho, Oregon and Washington state (Diptera: Tabanidae)
Thomas A.W., Leblanc L., Turner W.J. 2022. Fly Times Supplement 4.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 16 February, 2005 - 1:49pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, Chris Grinter, v belov
Last updated 23 February, 2022 - 10:00am

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