Haematopota

Haematopota
	Haematopota pseudolusitanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Tabaninae
Tribe:	Haematopotini
Genus:	Haematopota; Meigen, 1803
Type species
	Tabanus pluvialis; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Chrysozona Meigen, 1800

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

The genus has more than 500 species mainly in the Old World tropics^[3] which include:^[4]^[5]

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

References[]

^ Chainey, John E. (1993). "Horse-flies, deer-flies and clegs (Tabanidae)". Medical Insects and Arachnids. pp. 310–332. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1554-4_8. ISBN 978-94-010-4679-4.
^ Agassiz, Louis; Corti, Elio. "Nomenclator Zoologicus". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
^ Burger, J.F.; Pechuman, L.L. (1986-07-28). "A Review of the Genus Haematopota (Diptera: Tabanidae) in North America1". Journal of Medical Entomology. 23 (4): 345–352. doi:10.1093/jmedent/23.4.345. ISSN 1938-2928.
^ Stubbs, A.; 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 978-1-899935-04-8.
^ Stone, A.L.; Philip, B. (August 1974). The Oriental Species of the Tribe Haematopotini (Diptera, Tabanidae). Technical Bulletin. Vol. 1489. Washington D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service. p. 240.

External links[]

Haematopota. Natural History Museum, London.

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[1] Chainey, John E. (1993). "Horse-flies, deer-flies and clegs (Tabanidae)". Medical Insects and Arachnids. pp. 310–332. doi:10.1007/978-94-011-1554-4_8. ISBN 978-94-010-4679-4.

[2] Agassiz, Louis; Corti, Elio. "Nomenclator Zoologicus". Retrieved 24 July 2015.

[3] Burger, J.F.; Pechuman, L.L. (1986-07-28). "A Review of the Genus Haematopota (Diptera: Tabanidae) in North America1". Journal of Medical Entomology. 23 (4): 345–352. doi:10.1093/jmedent/23.4.345. ISSN 1938-2928.

[4] Stubbs, A.; 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 978-1-899935-04-8.

[5] Stone, A.L.; Philip, B. (August 1974). The Oriental Species of the Tribe Haematopotini (Diptera, Tabanidae). Technical Bulletin. Vol. 1489. Washington D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service. p. 240.

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