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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Deer Flies (Chrysopsinae) » Chrysopsini » Chrysops » Chrysops vittatus

Species Chrysops vittatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Remarks
deer fly - Chrysops vittatus - male deer fly - Chrysops vittatus - male Chrysops aberrans? - Chrysops vittatus - female Striped Fly - Chrysops vittatus - female Brown deer fly with stripes, patterned wings and eyes - Chrysops vittatus Brown deer fly with stripes, patterned wings and eyes - Chrysops vittatus biting fly? - Chrysops vittatus - female Chrysops vittatus
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 Chrysopsinae (Deer Flies)
Tribe Chrysopsini
Genus Chrysops
Species vittatus (Chrysops vittatus)
Explanation of Names
Chrysops vittatus Wiedemann 1821
Identification
Yellow abdomen with 4 brownish stripes; a nearly fully infuscated cell Br, yellow scutellum, yellow frontal callus, and an infuscated cell CuA1 can be diagnostic. All these except for the abdominal pattern are also shared by C. floridanus.
Range
Nova Scotia to North Dakota, south to northern Florida and Texas
Habitat
Larvae in all wet habitats; adults can be anywhere.
Season
Adults early June to late October, depending on latitude
Remarks
Especially abundant and bothersome in the New Brunswick forests. Often a pest species wherever found.
A very similar species found along the coast from Virginia to Florida was once considered a subspecies but is now considered a full species, i.e., Chrysops floridanus
With known pathogenic transmission of Vesicular stomatitis virus, a pathogen of animals that can also infect humans.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 7 June, 2005 - 4:51pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 28 July, 2022 - 11:41pm

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