Tabanus aegrotus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tabanidae |
Subfamily: | Tabaninae |
Tribe: | Tabanini |
Genus: | Tabanus |
Species: | T. aegrotus |
Binomial name | |
Tabanus aegrotus Osten Sacken, 1877 [1] | |
Tabanus aegrotus is a species of horse-fly in the family Tabanidae. [2] [3]
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Atylotus palus is a species of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Tabanus petiolatus is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae. Unlike many Tabanus species, the colour pattern of male eyes is found in the larger, upper lenses - appearing as a dark, brown streak across the light coloured lens. Females of this species have uniformly coloured dark brown eyes. Often confused with Tabanus melanocerus or Tabanus trimaculatus.
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Anacimas limbellatus is a species of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
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Tabanus calens is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae.
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