Tabanus

Tabanus
Tabanus sudeticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Suborder:	Brachycera
Infraorder:	Tabanomorpha
Superfamily:	Tabanoidea
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Tabaninae
Tribe:	Tabanini
Genus:	Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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. Females have scissor-like mouthparts that aim to cut the skin. The horsefly can then lap up the blood. Horseflies of this genus are known to be potential vectors of anthrax, worms and trypanosomes. Some species, such as Tabanus bovinus, prefer bovine animals and are less harmful to humans. The genus contains hundreds of species and many species groups, including:^[1][2]

T. aar Philip, 1941 T. abactor Philip, 1936 T. abditus Philip, 1941 T. abdominalis Fabricius, 1805 T. acer Brethes, 1910 T. acutus (Bigot, 1892) T. aegrotus Osten Sacken, 1877 T. albifrons Szilady, 1914 T. americanus T. aranti Hays, 1961 T. armenicus Szilady, 1926 T. atratus Fabricius, 1775 T. autumnalis Linnaeus, 1761 T. barbarus Coquebert, 1804 T. bifarius Loew, 1858 T. bigoti Bellardi, 1859 T. birdiei Whitney, 1914 T. bishoppi Stone, 1933 T. bivari Travassos Santos Dias, 1985 T. boharti Philip, 1950 T. bovinus Linnaeus, 1758 T. brancoi Travassos Santos Dias, 1989 T. brassofortei Dias, 1980 T. briani Rohdendorf, 1937 T. bromius Linnaeus, 1758 T. brunneocalosus T. burgeri T. caenosus Buger, 1974 T. calens Linnaeus, 1758 T. castellanus T. catenatus Walker, 1848 T. caucasicus T. cayensis Fairchild, 1935 T. cazieri Philip, 1954 T. cheliopterus Róndani, 1850 T. chrysurus Johnston & Tiegs, 1921 T. cingulatus T. claripennis Bigot, 1892 T. clenchi Bequaert, 1940 T. coarctatus Stone, 1935 T. colchidicus Bezzi, 1923 T. colombensis Macquart, 1846 T. commixtus Walker, 1860 T. conterminus T. copemani Austen, 1912 T. cordiger Meigen, 1820 T. craverii Bellardi, 1859 T. cruzesilvai Dias, 1980 T. cuculus Szilady, 1923 T. cymatophorus Osten Sacken, 1876 T. daedalus T. darimonti Salem, 1946 T. darlingtoni Bequaert, 1940 T. decipiens T. defilippii Bellardi, 1859 T. derivatus T. dietrichi Pechuman, 1956 T. divulsus T. dorsifer Walker, 1860 T. dorsonotatus Macquart, 1847 T. eadsi Philip, 1962 T. eggeri Lopes, 1938 T. endymion Osten Sacken, 1878

T. equalis Hine, 1923 T. erythraeus T. eurycerus Philip, 1937 T. exclusus Blanchard, 1939 T. exilipalpis Stone, 1938 T. fairchildi Stone, 1938 T. ferrugineus Blanchard, 1939 T. flocculus Bequaert, 1940 T. fraseri Lahille, 1907 T. fratellus Williston, 1887 T. fronto Osten Sacken, 1876 T. fulvicallus Philip, 1931 T. fulvilineis Philip, 1957 T. fulvimedioides Hall, 1938 T. fulvulus Wiedemann, 1828 T. fumipennis Wiedemann, 1828 T. furunculus Williston, 1901 T. fuscicostatus Hine, 1906 T. fuscofasciatus Macquart, 1838 T. fusconervosus Macquart, 1838 T. fuscopunctatus Macquart, 1850 T. fuscus Wiedemann, 1819 T. gilanus Townsend, 1897 T. gladiator Stone, 1935 T. glaucomaculis Philip, 1978 T. glauconotatus Philip, 1954 T. glaucopis Meigen, 1820 T. gracilis Wiedemann, 1828 T. guttatus Megerle, 1803 T. guyanensis Macquart, 1846 T. gymnorhynchus Fairchild, 1980 T. haitiensis Kröber, 1931 T. helenicus T. holtzianus T. howdeni T. iber Peus, 1980 T. ilharcoi Travassos Santos Dias, 1991 T. imitans Walker, 1848 T. importunus Wiedemann, 1828 T. indrae Enderlein, 1934 T. iyoensis Verves, 1991 T. johnsoni Hine, 1907 T. kesseli Philip, 1950 T. kinoshitai Kono & Takahasi, 1939 T. kisliuki Stone, 1940 T. lacustris Stone, 1935 T. laticeps T. laticornis Hine, 1904 T. lavandoni Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 T. leleani Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 T. leucomelas Walker, 1848 T. limbatineuris Macquart, 1847 T. lineola Fabricius, 1794 T. loukashkini Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 T. luizae Travassos Santos Dias, 1979 T. lunatus Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 T. maculicornis Zetterstedt, 1842 T. marginalis Fabricius, 1805 T. martinii Krober, 1928 T. melanocerus Wiedemann, 1828 T. miki Brauer, 1880 T. molestus Say, 1823

T. monops Bequaert, 1940 T. mularis Stone, 1935 T. nebulosus Geer, 1776 T. nemoralis Meigen, 1820 T. nigrescens Palisot de Beauvois, 1809 T. nigripes Wiedemann, 1821 T. nigrovittatus Macquart, 1847 T. nipponicus T. novaescotiae Macquart, 1847 T. obsolescens Pandellé, 1883 T. occidentalis Linnaeus, 1758 T. olympius Peus, 1980 T. pallidescens Philip, 1936 T. paradoxus Jaennicke, 1866 T. petiolatus Hine, 1917 T. portschinskii Olsufjev, 1937 T. prometheus Szilady, 1923 T. proximus Walker, 1848 T. pseudolunatus Baranov, 1926 T. pullulus Austen, 1912 T. pumilus Macquart, 1838 T. pungens Wiedemann, 1828 T. quaesitus Stone, 1938 T. quatuornotatus Meigen, 1820 T. quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 1821 T. rectus Senior-White, 1924 T. regularis Senior-White, 1924 T. rousselii Salem, 1946 T. rubioi Travassos Santos Dias, 1987 T. rufidens Lopes, 1967 T. rupium T. sabuletorum Loew, 1874 T. sackeni Fairchild, 1934 T. sapporoensis Shiraki, 1918 T. shannonellus Krober, 1936 T. similis T. smirnovi Rohdendorf, 1963 T. sorbillans T. sparus Whitney, 1879 T. spectabilis Ho, 1932 T. spodopteroides Walker, 1856 T. spodopterus Walker, 1864 T. stygius Say, 1823 T. subcaeruleus Peus, 1980 T. subparadoxus Ho, 1932 T. subsimilis Bellardi, 1859 T. sudeticus Zeller, 1842 T. sulcifrons Macquart, 1855 T. superjumentarius Whitney, 1879 T. taygetus Peus, 1980 T. tendeiroi Dias, 1980 T. tenuicornis Macquart, 1838 T. tergestinus Enderlein, 1928 T. tinctus Walker, 1850 T. triangulum Wiedemann, 1828 T. trigeminus T. trimaculatus Palisot de Beauvois, 1806 T. unifasciatus T. unilineatus Loew, 1852 T. varelai Dias, 1980 T. wilkersoni Fairchild, 1983 T. wokei Fairchild, 1983 T. zythicolor Philip, 1936

See also

• List of soldierflies and allies recorded in Britain

References

1. Fairchild, G.B. (March 1980). "Tabanidae (Diptera) from the Dominican Republic". Florida Entomologist (The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 63, No. 1) 63 (1): 166–188. doi:10.2307/3494671. JSTOR 3494671.
2. Stubbs, A. and Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. p. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.