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Record 1 2016-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Tabanidae
Latin
DEF

A very large and important family of Diptera comprising the horseflies and deerflies whose females suck blood and sometimes transmit disease (as loaiasis) to human beings.

OBS

Includes the genera Chrysops, Haematopota, Pangonia and Tabanus.

OBS

In AGRIN, the Tabanidae are referred to as "deer flies and horse flies" combined.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Tabanidae
Latin
CONT

Tabanidé : mouche orthoraphe, telle que taon, chrysops, pangonie, etc. Les tabanidés forment une famille.

Spanish

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