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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae) » Diachlorini » Diachlorus » Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp (Diachlorus ferrugatus)

Species Diachlorus ferrugatus - Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Diachlorini
Genus Diachlorus
Species ferrugatus (Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chrysops ferrugatus Fabricius 1805 (one of the first horse fly species described from North America)
Explanation of Names
Diachlorus ferrugatus (Fabricius)
Size
~1 cm(1)
Range
se US (north to NJ) to Costa Rica(1)
Internet References
Fact sheet (Fairchild & Weems 2014)(1)
Works Cited
1.University of Florida: Featured Creatures
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 2 May, 2006 - 6:40pm
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 10 August, 2021 - 3:48pm

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