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BG1704 C9117 - Tabanus molestus - female
Copyright © 2008 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG1704 C9117 - Tabanus molestus - Female
Near pond on SR-435 at Money Hill Road, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, USA
June 6, 2007
Size: body length 18.8 mm.
Tabanus mixis
Identification confirmed by Dr. John Burger.

Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 24 November, 2008 - 1:36am
Last updated 3 October, 2021 - 6:22am

Moved
Moved from Tabanus.
… A.W. Thomas, 3 October, 2021 - 6:22am

new status?
ITIS treats Tabanus mixis as a synonym of T. molestus.

Has mixis been raised to species status?
… Robin McLeod, 24 November, 2008 - 7:10am

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