Horse-flies and deer flies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. The adults are often large and agile in flight. Only female...

example, in the note "Diptera: Tabanidae, cf. Tabanus", the author is confident of the order and family (Diptera: Tabanidae) but can only suggest the genus...

specialised in Diptera, particularly the families Asilidae (assassin flies) and Tabanidae (horseflies and deerflies). Gertrude Ricardo was born at Gatcombe Park...

Chrysopsinae is an insect subfamily in the family Tabanidae commonly known as deer flies or sheep flies and are bloodsucking insects considered pests...

"true legs", but some dipteran larvae, such as species of Simuliidae, Tabanidae and Vermileonidae, have prolegs adapted to hold onto a substrate in flowing...

Belize, is a species of highly aggressive biting horse-fly of the family Tabanidae native to North and Central America to Costa Rica. The yellow fly was...

species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae. United States. Fairchild, G.B. (1937). "A preliminary list of the Tabanidae (Diptera) of Florida". Florida Entomologist...

Cretotabanus is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. Cretotabanus cretatus (Fairchild, 1961) Cretotabanus newjerseyensis Grimaldi, 2011 Fairchild...

Tabanus is a genus of biting horseflies of the family Tabanidae. Females have scissor-like mouthparts that aim to cut the skin. The horsefly can then...

refer to certain horse flies that are also known as "greenheads" (family Tabanidae), or to members of the family Ceratopogonidae. The bites usually result...