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Species Tabanus laticornis

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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 Tabaninae (Horse Flies)
Tribe Tabanini
Genus Tabanus
Species laticornis (Tabanus laticornis)
Explanation of Names
Tabanus laticornis Hine 1904
Range
AZ(1)
Remarks
In Burger's 1995 Catalog he lists Tabanus laticornis from Arizona and Hybomitra laticornis from Arizona. In a 1974 paper on Arizona tabanids he includes Hybomitra laticornis and in a 1975 paper on Arizona tabanids he does NOT include a Tabanus laticornis.
He discusses this taxon in the 1974 paper questioning whether laticornis is either a Tabanus or a Hybomitra.
In 2015 Burger ID'd this species as Tabanus laticornis in BG .
I believe the 1995 entries in the Catalog refer to the same taxon, i.e., Tabanus laticornis
Print References
Burger, J.F., Bermúdez, E.M., Bermúdez, L. V. 1987. Review of Tabanus Species (Diptera: Tabanidae) with Pilose and Patterned Eyes in Mexico and Western North America, and Descriptions of Two New Species from Mexico. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 80(1): 89–99.