Gastroxides

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Gastroxides
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Gastroxides ornatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Chrysopsinae
Tribe: Rhinomyzini
Genus: Gastroxides
Saunders, 1842 [1]
Type species
Gastroxides ater
Saunders, 1842 [1]
Synonyms

Gastroxides is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. [4] This genus possesses three closely placed ocelli at the vertex of the head, between the compound eyes.

Species

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Saunders, W.W. (1842). "Descriptions of four new dipterous insects from Central and Northern India". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3(1)[1841]: 59–81. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.
  3. 1 2 Bigot, J.M.F. (1859). "Dipterorum aliquot nova genera". Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée. 11 (2): 305–315, pl. 11. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ↑ Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  5. ↑ Ôuchi, Y. (1939). "Diptera Sinica. Tabanidae. I. On some horseflies belonging to the Subfamily Pangoninae from Eastern and Northern China, Manchoukuo and Northern Corea". J. Shanghai Sci. Inst. 4 (3): 175–189.
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