Haematopota rara

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Haematopota rara
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Haematopotini
Genus: Haematopota
Species:
H. rara
Binomial name
Haematopota rara
Johnson, 1912 [1]

Haematopota rara, the lace-winged horsefly [2] or shy cleg, [3] is a species of horse flies (insects in the family Tabanidae). [4] [5]

Distribution

H. rara has been recorded in the eastern United States west to Ohio [6] and Tennessee, [7] south to northern Virginia [6] and in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, C.W. (1912). "The North American species of the genus Haematopota". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 19: 181–183. Retrieved 5 November 2025– via Internet Archive.
  2. ↑ Bureau of Natural Resources (2015). "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015" (PDF). State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. p. 8. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  3. ↑ NatureServe (1 November 2025). "Haematopota rara". NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer. Arlington, Virginia: NatureServe. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  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. ↑ Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology. 1 (1). Associated Publishers: 1–100. ISBN   156665064X.
  6. 1 2 Philip, Cornelius B.; Weems, Howard V. Jr.; Fairchild, G.B. (1973). "Notes on Eastern Nearctic Haematopota, Merycomyia, and Chrysops, and Description of Male of C. zinzalus (Diptera: Tabanidae)". The Florida Entomologist. 56 (4): 339–346. doi: 10.2307/3493816 . JSTOR   3493816 . Retrieved 5 November 2025.
  7. ↑ Goodwin, James T. (1976). "Notes on Some "Rare" Eastern Nearctic Tabanidae (Diptera); State Records and Host-Parasite Relationship for Other Species". The Florida Entomologist. 59 (1): 63–66. doi: 10.2307/3493172 . JSTOR   3493172.
  8. ↑ Thomas, Anthony W. (13 February 2011). "Tabanidae of Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains 2: a photographic key to the genera and species of Tabaninae (Diptera: Tabanidae)". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 13. doi: 10.3752/cjai.2011.13 .


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