| Chrysops excitans | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysopsinae |
| Tribe: | Chrysopsini |
| Genus: | Chrysops |
| Species: | C. excitans |
| Binomial name | |
| Chrysops excitans | |
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Chrysops excitans is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae. [3] [4]
Horse-flies or horseflies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. They are often large and agile in flight, and the females bite animals, including humans, to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunlight, avoiding dark and shady areas, and are inactive at night. They are found all over the world except for some islands and the polar regions. Both horse-flies and botflies (Oestridae) are sometimes referred to as gadflies.
Chrysops niger, the black deer fly, is a fly of about 8–10.5 millimetres (0.31–0.41 in) length, with a mostly black body with some white hairs, and having wings which are barred with black. They are active from May to September around areas of marsh in much of the United States.
Xylota is a Holarctic genus of hoverflies similar in structure to the related genera Chalcosyrphus and Brachypalpoides. As the larvae are saprophytic they're usually found in rotting wood. The adult flies are generally associated with woodland and woodland edges and can often be seen running over the upper sides of leaves. Unlike other syrphids the adults of many species rarely visit flowers preferring instead to gather pollen from leaf surfaces. There are over 100 described species of which 12 can be found in Europe. Seven species have been recorded in Britain. Identification of species has been difficult and identifiction by photographs is risky.
Hybomitra is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. There are at least 240 described species in Hybomitra.
Vibrissina is a genus of flies in the family Tachinidae.
Tropidia is a genus hoverflies, from the family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera.
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Uramya pristis is a species of fly in the genus Uramya of the family Tachinidae.
Atylotus is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Chrysopsinae is a subfamily of deer flies in the family Tabanidae.
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Vermileo is a genus of wormlions in the family Vermileonidae.
Chrysops flavidus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
Atylotus bicolor is a species of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Chrysops aestuans is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
Anthrax albofasciatus is a species of fly in the family Bombyliidae.
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