Haematopota

Haematopota
Haematopota pseudolusitanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Tabaninae
Tribe:	Haematopotini
Genus:	Haematopota Meigen, 1803
Synonyms
Chrysozona Meigen, 1800

Haematopota is a genus of fly in the horse-fly family, Tabanidae. Among the horse-flies, they are most commonly known as clegs. Many species have colorful, patterned eyes in life, a character that fades after death.^[1] The genus is named from the Ancient Greek for blood-drinker: αἷμα, haîma, blood; πότης, pótës, drinker.^[2]

The genus contains the following species:^[3][4]

• Haematopota americana Osten Sacken, 1875
• Haematopota bigoti Gobert, 1880 – big-spotted cleg
• Haematopota champlaini (Philip, 1953)
• Haematopota crassicornis Wahlberg, 1848 – black-horned cleg
• Haematopota grandis Meigen, 1820 – long-horned cleg
• Haematopota italica Meigen, 1804 – Italian cleg
• Haematopota pluvialis (Linnaeus 1758) – notch-horned cleg
• Haematopota pseudolusitanica
• Haematopota punctulata Macquart, 1838
• Haematopota rara Johnson, 1912
• Haematopota subcylindrica Pandellé, 1883 – Levels cleg
• Haematopota willistoni (Philip, 1953)

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References

1. Chainey, J. E. (1993). Horse-flies, deer-flies and clegs (Tabanidae). In: Medical Insects and Arachnids. Springer Netherlands. Chapter 8: pp. 310-32.
2. Agassiz, Louis; Corti, Elio. "Nomenclator Zoologicus". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
3. Stubbs, A. and Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
4. Stone, A.L. and Philip, B. (August 1974). The Oriental Species of the Tribe Haematopotini (Diptera, Tabanidae). Technical Bulletin 1489. Washington D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service. p. 240.

External links

• Haematopota. Natural History Museum, London.