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

Species Tabanus americanus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Large horsefly - Tabanus americanus - female Horse fly - Tabanus americanus - male Tabanus americanus? - Tabanus americanus My, what big eyes you have - Tabanus americanus - male My, what big eyes you have - Tabanus americanus - male Tabanus americanus ? - Tabanus americanus - female Tabanus americanus for West Virginia - Tabanus americanus - female 7/6/19 large fly - Tabanus americanus
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
Genus Tabanus
Species americanus (Tabanus americanus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tabanus plumbeus Drury 1773, Tabanus ruficornis Fabricius 1775, Tabanus limbatus Palisot de Beauvois 1806
Explanation of Names
Tabanus americanus Forster 1771
Size
22-27 mm (world's largest tabanid)
Range
ON; NH-FL-TX-KS (disjunct)(1)
Remarks
With known pathogenic transmission of Hog cholera virus, a disease that is only pathogenic to pigs and relatives and Anaplasma marginale, a bacteria that affects cattle.
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) of North America north of Mexico
Burger J.F. 1995. International Contributions on Entomology 1(1): 100pp.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 18 May, 2005 - 5:18am
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 27 April, 2022 - 5:05pm

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