Tabanus

Taxobox | name = "Tabanus"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Tabanus bromius"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Hexapoda
classis = Insecta
subclassis = Pterygota
infraclassis = Neoptera
superordo = Endopterygota|
ordo = Diptera
subordo = Brachycera
superfamilia = Tabanomorpha
familia = Tabanidae
subfamilia = Tabaninae
tribus = Tabanini
genus = "Tabanus"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = *"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. 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: [cite journal |last= Fairchild |first= G.B. |year= 1980|month= march |title= Tabanidae (Diptera) from the Dominican Republic |journal= Florida Entomologist |volume= 63 |issue= 1|pages= 166-188] [cite book|author=Stubbs, A. and Drake, M.|year=2001 |title=British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera|pages=512 pp|publisher=British Entomological & Natural History Society |language=English|isbn=1899935045]

ee also

List of soldierflies and allies recorded in Britain

References