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 |
| Synonyms | |
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Chrysozona Meigen, 1800 | |
Haematopota is a genus of fly in the horse-fly family, Tabanidae. Among the horse-flies, they are most commonly known as clegs. Many species have colorful, patterned eyes in life, a character that fades after death.[1] The genus is named from the Ancient Greek for blood-drinker: αἷμα, haîma, blood; πότης, pótës, drinker.[2]
The genus contains the following species:[3][4]
- Haematopota americana Osten Sacken, 1875
- Haematopota bigoti Gobert, 1880 – big-spotted cleg
- Haematopota champlaini (Philip, 1953)
- Haematopota crassicornis Wahlberg, 1848 – black-horned cleg
- Haematopota grandis Meigen, 1820 – long-horned cleg
- Haematopota italica Meigen, 1804 – Italian cleg
- Haematopota pluvialis (Linnaeus 1758) – notch-horned cleg
- Haematopota pseudolusitanica
- Haematopota punctulata Macquart, 1838
- Haematopota rara Johnson, 1912
- Haematopota subcylindrica Pandellé, 1883 – Levels cleg
- Haematopota willistoni (Philip, 1953)
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References
- ↑ Chainey, J. E. (1993). Horse-flies, deer-flies and clegs (Tabanidae). In: Medical Insects and Arachnids. Springer Netherlands. Chapter 8: pp. 310-32.
- ↑ Agassiz, Louis; Corti, Elio. "Nomenclator Zoologicus". Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ↑ 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 1-899935-04-5.
- ↑ Stone, A.L.; Philip, B. (August 1974). The Oriental Species of the Tribe Haematopotini (Diptera, Tabanidae). Technical Bulletin. 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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