Tabanus subsimilis

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Tabanus subsimilis
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Tabanus subsimilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Tabanus
Species:
T. subsimilis
Binomial name
Tabanus subsimilis
Bellardi, 1859 [1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus despectus Fairchild, 1942 [2]
  • Tabanus vittiger ssp. nippontuckiPhilip, 1942 [3]
  • Tabanus vittiger ssp. schwardtiPhilip, 1942 [3]

Tabanus subsimilis is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae. [4] [5]

Distribution

United States, Mexico.

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References

  1. Bellardi, L. (1859). Saggio di ditterologia messicana. Parte I. Torino: Stamperia Reale. pp. 80 pp., 2 pls.
  2. Fairchild, G.B. (1942). "Notes on Tabanidae (Dipt.) from Panama. VII. The subgenus Neotabanus Ad. Lutz". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 35 (2): 153–182.
  3. 1 2 Philip, C.B. (1942). "Notes on neactic Tabaninae. Part III. The Tabanus lineola complex". Psyche. 49: 25–40.
  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. Associated Publishers. 1 (1): 1–100.