Haematopota
Haematopota | |
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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
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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.
Categories:
- Tabanidae
- Tabanomorpha genera
- Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen
- Tabanomorpha stubs