Hippocentrodes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tabanidae |
Subfamily: | Tabaninae |
Tribe: | Haematopotini |
Genus: | Hippocentrodes Philip, 1961 [1] |
Type species | |
Hippocentrodes desmotes |
Hippocentrodes is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. [2]
Esenbeckia is a genus of neotropical horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Apatolestes is a genus of horse flies.
Haematopota is a genus of flies in the horse-fly family, Tabanidae. Among the horse-flies, they are most commonly known as clegs. Many species have colorful, sinuously patterned eyes in life, a character that fades after death. The wings are typically patterned with spots of grey. The genus is named from the Ancient Greek for blood-drinker: αἷμα, haîma, blood; πότης, pótës, drinker. Some species are known to be vectors of livestock diseases.
Cornelius Becker Philip (1900–1987) was an American entomologist.
Tabaninae is a subfamily of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. There are more than 3000 described species in Tabaninae.
Tabanini is a tribe of horse and deer flies in the family Tabanidae. There are at least 220 described species in Tabanini.
Atylotus is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Chrysopsinae is a subfamily of deer flies in the family Tabanidae.
Chlorotabanus is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Merycomyia whitneyi is a species of deer flies in the family Tabanidae. Larvae are known as sandworms and can be used as fish bait.
Chrysops flavidus is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae. The species is identifiable by its yellow legs.
Chrysops macquarti is a species of deer fly in the family Tabanidae.
Haematopotini is a tribe of horse flies, also known as clegs and deer flies, in the family Tabanidae.
Pangoniinae is a subfamily of Horse-flies in the order Diptera, containing at least four tribes and 24 genera.
Stypommisa is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Bouvieromyiini is a tribe of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Rhigioglossa is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Pseudotabanus is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.