- Tabanus
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Tabanus bromius "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
subclassis =Pterygota
infraclassis =Neoptera
superordo =Endopterygota |
ordo = Diptera
subordo =Brachycera
superfamilia =Tabanomorpha
familia =Tabanidae
subfamilia =Tabaninae
tribus =Tabanini
genus = "Tabanus"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = *"Tabanus bovinus " Linnaeus, 1758
*"Tabanus nigrovittatus " Macquart, 1847
*"Tabanus bromius " Linnaeus, 1758...many others"Tabanus" is a genus of biting horseflies of the family
Tabanidae . Horseflies of this genus are known to be potential vectors ofanthrax , worms andtrypanosome s. Some species, such as "Tabanus bovinus ", preferbovine animals and are less harmful to humans. The genus contains hundreds of species and many species groups, including: [cite journal |last= Fairchild |first= G.B. |year= 1980|month= march |title= Tabanidae (Diptera) from the Dominican Republic |journal= Florida Entomologist |volume= 63 |issue= 1|pages= 166-188] [cite book|author=Stubbs, A. and Drake, M.|year=2001 |title=British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera|pages=512 pp|publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society |language=English|isbn=1899935045]ee also
List of soldierflies and allies recorded in Britain References
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