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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 » carbonarius group (Chrysops carbonarius group) » Chrysops carbonarius

Species Chrysops carbonarius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also
Deer Fly - Chrysops carbonarius - male Deer Fly?? - Chrysops carbonarius - female Carbonarius - Chrysops carbonarius - female dark deer fly - Chrysops carbonarius - male dark deer fly - Chrysops carbonarius - male dark deer fly - Chrysops carbonarius - male dark deer fly - Chrysops carbonarius - male Deer Fly - Chrysops carbonarius - female
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 carbonarius (Chrysops carbonarius)
Explanation of Names
Chrysops carbonarius Walker 1848
Size
7-10 mm
Identification
Female: A black deer fly. Abdomen black but perhaps with an indefinite pattern of grayish pruinose areas. Area of wing beyond the crossband hyaline. Crossband relatively straight and reaching hind margin of wing. Wing cell cua1 with distinct hyaline spot at its base. Face (clypeus) below antennae with yellow median pollinose stripe on a black background.
No other species of black deer fly has this combination of characters.
Range
Eastern NA. Nova Scotia to Wisconsin, south to Louisiana and Florida.
Habitat
Larvae in the sand and gravel banks of swiftly flowing streams. Females may wander widely in search of a blood meal.
Season
Flight season: May to July; earlier in south than in north
See Also
Similar species: C. ater, C. mitis, C. calvus, C. niger, C.cincticornis.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by v belov, metrioptera
Last updated 12 August, 2021 - 2:52pm

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