Species Tabanus venustus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks

Deer or horse fly with patterned wings - Tabanus venustus - female

Horse fly with patterned wing - Tabanus venustus - female

Tabanus sulcifrons - 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.

Contributed by v belov on 14 August, 2013 - 2:31am
Additional contributions by Arturo Santos, zdanko
Last updated 27 April, 2022 - 5:31pm

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