Diachlorus

Diachlorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Tabanoidea
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Diachlorini
Genus: Diachlorus
Osten Sacken, 1876
Species

...many others

Diachlorus is a genus of biting horseflies of the family Tabanidae. D. ferrugatus ranges from the southeastern United States to Costa Rica. There are 27 species with a neotropical distribution, with the greatest diversity in Brazil, while 3 are found in Central America.[1]

References

  1. Brown, Brian Victor (2009). Manual of Central American Diptera 1. NRC Research Press. p. 505. ISBN 9780660198330.
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