Tabanus

Genus of insects

Tabanus

Tabanus sudeticus
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Diptera
Family:  | Tabanidae
Subfamily:  | Tabaninae
Tribe:  | Tabanini
Genus:  | Tabanus
Linnaeus, 1758

Tabanus is a genus of biting horseflies of the family Tabanidae. Females have scissor-like mouthparts that are able to penetrate the skin of livestock animals. The horsefly can then extract and ingest the animal's 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.[1][2][3]

## See also

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* List of Tabanus species

## References

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1. ^ Fairchild, G.B. (March 1980). "Tabanidae (Diptera) from the Dominican Republic". Florida Entomologist. 63 (1). The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 63, No. 1: 166–188\. doi:10.2307/3494671. JSTOR 3494671. Archived from the original on 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
2. ^ Stubbs, A. & 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.
3. ^ Chvála, Milan; Lyneborg, Leif; Moucha, Josef (1972). The Horse Flies of Europe (Diptera, Tabanidae). Copenhagen: Entomological Society of Copenhagen. pp. 598pp, 164figs. ISBN 978-09-00-84857-5.

Taxon identifiers

Tabanus|

* Wikidata: Q2720956
* Wikispecies: Tabanus
* AFD: Tabanus
* BioLib: 124025
* BOLD: 82582
* BugGuide: 11452
* CoL: C3N2B
* EoL: 13517
* EPPO: 1TABAG
* Fauna Europaea: 65588
* Fauna Europaea (new): ba2db655-07fe-4e67-ac8c-581cbbbdaa67
* GBIF: 1444264
* iNaturalist: 49704
* IRMNG: 1400180
* ITIS: 131527
* MNHN: tabanus
* NBN: NBNSYS0000041861
* NCBI: 7206
* Open Tree of Life: 555816
* Paleobiology Database: 138864
* Plazi: F74BAC24-E225-3517-FF73-C2B2F65BFD0C
* WoRMS: 504241
* ZooBank: 13037115-8081-4C21-905B-0319E96C8D59