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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Species Chrysops mitis

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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
No Taxon (carbonarius group)
Species mitis (Chrysops mitis)
Explanation of Names
Chrysops mitis Osten Sacken 1875
See Also
Ch. ater has slightly different wing markings