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Species Tabanus venustus

Deer or horse fly with patterned wings - Tabanus venustus - female Horse Fly - Tabanus venustus - male Horse fly with patterned wing - Tabanus venustus - female Horse fly with patterned wing - Tabanus venustus - female horsefly - Tabanus venustus - male Tabanus venustus - female Tabanus sulcifrons - Tabanus venustus - female horsefly - Tabanus venustus - 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 venustus (Tabanus venustus)
Explanation of Names
Tabanus venustus Osten Sacken 1876
Identification
Very distinctive wing pattern.
Remarks
With known pathogenic transmission of Anaplasma marginale, a bacteria that affects cattle.