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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae) » Tabanini » Tabanus » Tabanus fumipennis

Species Tabanus fumipennis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Unkonwn Horse Fly - Tabanus fumipennis - male Brown horse fly Florida - Tabanus fumipennis - female Brown horse fly Florida - Tabanus fumipennis - female Brown horse fly Florida - Tabanus fumipennis - female Brown horse fly Florida - Tabanus fumipennis - 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 Tabaninae (Horse Flies)
Tribe Tabanini
Genus Tabanus
Species fumipennis (Tabanus fumipennis)
Explanation of Names
Tabanus fumipennis Wiedemann 1828
Size
20-26 mm
Identification
no other species has the orange/black abdomen and heavily pigmented wings
Male: Similar to female but with a wider and distinct median black stripe on abdomen
Range
se US (SC-FL)(1)
Habitat
Larvae in wet and moist soil around lakes, swamps, bogs, and marshes
Season
Georgia: May-Sep
In Florida: Mid-April to early November with peak numbers in Jun-Aug
Life Cycle
A 1-year life cycle in Florida
Remarks
With known pathogenic transmission of Anaplasma marginale, a bacteria that affects cattle.
Print References
Jones, C.M. and D.W. Anthony. 1964. The Tabanidae (Diptera) of Florida. USDA, Agriculture Research Service, Technical Bulletin No. 1295. 85 pp.
Internet References
Photo of female HERE and HERE
Works Cited
1.Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) of North America north of Mexico
Burger J.F. 1995. International Contributions on Entomology 1(1): 100pp.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 20 August, 2006 - 8:21pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 27 April, 2022 - 5:16pm

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