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Checklist for Family Tabanidae Latreille, 1802 (Breeze flies)
and region Central America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16634
69910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16624
69896
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16402
69012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
408
13022
57717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
100
2044
7666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
79
1638
5359
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Tabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
2
38
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tabanoidea
Coquillett, 1901
1
37
271
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTabanidae
Latreille, 1802
Breeze flies, Bull dog flies, Clags, Cleggs, Clegs, Klegs
37
271
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
37 Genera with 271 Species
#ABCDEFHLMPST
Acanthocera Macquart, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Aegialomyia Philip, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Atylotus Osten Sacken, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Bolbodimyia Bigot, 19545SpeciesTaxom
Catachlorops Lutz, 19208SpeciesTaxom
Chlorotabanus Lutz, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Chrysops Meigen, 1925Deer flies27SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotylus Lutz, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Cydistomyia Taylor, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Dasybasis Macquart, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Dasychela Enderlein, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Diachlorus Osten Sacken, 1942Yellow flies4SpeciesTaxom
Dichelacera Macquart, 196018SpeciesTaxom
Dicladocera Lutz, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Esenbackia
0SpeciesTaxom
Esenbeckia Rondani, 184611SpeciesTaxom
Fidena Walker, 192511SpeciesTaxom
Hemichrysops Kröber, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Himantostylus Lutz, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Hybomitra Enderlein, 19042SpeciesTaxom
Lepiselaga Macquart, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Leucotabanus Lutz, 19316SpeciesTaxom
Myiotabanus Lutz, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Phaeotabanus Lutz, 19643SpeciesTaxom
Phara Walker, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Philipotabanus Fairchild, 194318SpeciesTaxom
Philoliche Wiedemann, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Pityocera Giglio-Tos, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Poeciloderas Lutz, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Psalidia Enderlein, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Scaptia Walker, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Scione Walker, 19007SpeciesTaxom
Silvius Meigen, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Stenotabanus Lutz, 194726SpeciesTaxom
Stibasoma Schiner, 19539SpeciesTaxom
Stypommisa Enderlein, 19318SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1897Common horse flies86SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
271 Species and 5 Subspecies
Acanthocera costaricana (Fairchild, 1941)⇒ Dichelacera costaricana Fairchild, 1941
Acanthocera vespiformis Burger, 2002
Aegialomyia blantoni Fairchild, 1953
Aegialomyia paitillensis Fairchild, 1942
Atylotus ohioensis Hine, 1901
Bolbodimyia dampfi Philip, 1954
Bolbodimyia erythrocephala Bigot, 1892
Bolbodimyia erythrocephalus Bigot, 1892
Bolbodimyia galindoi Fairchild, 1964
Bolbodimyia philipi Stone, 1954
Catachlorops (Psalidia) furcatus Wiedemann, 1828
Catachlorops (Psalidia) rubribarbis
Catachlorops (Psalidia) scurrus Fairchild, 1958
Catachlorops balioptera Gorayeb, 1991
Catachlorops fortunensis Fairchild, 1986
Catachlorops fulmineus Hine, 1920
Catachlorops fulmineus ocellatus Enderlein, 1925
Catachlorops umbratus Hine, 1920
Chlorotabanus inanis Fabricius, 1787
Chlorotabanus mexicanus Linnaeus, 1758
Chrysops (Chrysops) relictus Meigen, 1820Twin-lobed deerfly
Chrysops alajuelensis Burger, 2002
Chrysops alleni Fairchild, 1939
Chrysops auroguttatus Krober, 1930
Chrysops bicolor Cordier, 1907
Chrysops calogaster Schiner, 1868
Chrysops calopterus Hine, 1905
Chrysops chiriquensis Fairchild, 1939
Chrysops costaricensis Burger, 2002
Chrysops furcatus Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Chrysops incisus Macquart, 1846
Chrysops latifasciatus Bellardi, 1859
Chrysops leucopsilus Wiedemann, 1828
Chrysops melaenus Hine, 1925
Chrysops melanopleurus (Wahlberg, 1848)⇒ Chrysops relictus Meigen, 1820
Chrysops melanopterus (Hine, 1905)⇒ Silvius melanopterus Hine, 1905
Chrysops mexicanus Krober, 1925
Chrysops nexosus
Chrysops pachycnemius Hine, 1905
Chrysops pallidefemoratus Krober, 1930
Chrysops scalaratus Bellardi, 1859
Chrysops soror Krober, 1925
Chrysops vargus Fairchild, 1986
Chrysops varians Wiedemann, 1828
Chrysops varians vargus Fairchild, 1986
Chrysops variegatus De Geer, 1776
Chrysops willistoni Hine, 1925
Cryptotylus chloroticus Philip & Fai..., 1956
Cryptotylus unicolor Wiedemann, 1828
Cydistomyia alternata Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Dasybasis pruinivitta Krober, 1934
Dasychela badia Krober, 1931
Diachlorus curvipes Fabricius, 1805
Diachlorus ferrugatus Fabricius, 1805Richard's macromitrium moss
Diachlorus ferrugatus convergens Walker, 1848
Diachlorus jobbinsi Fairchild, 1942
Dichelacera (Dermatochelacera) transposita Walker, 1854
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) crocata (Fairchild, 1953)⇒ Catachlorops scurrus Fairchild, 1958
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) deliciae Fiarchild & ..., 1960
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) fasciata Walker, 1850
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) grandis Ricardo, 1904Riverbank lupine
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) marginata Macquart, 1847
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) princessa Fairchild & ..., 1960
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) pulchra Williston, 1901Tansyleaf lidpod
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) rex Fairchild, 1951
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) scapularis Macquart, 1847Watermelon
Dichelacera (Nothocanthocera) costaricana Fairchild, 1941
Dichelacera (Nothocanthocera) melanoptera Hine, 1920
Dichelacera analis (Hine, 1920)⇒ Dichelacera fasciata Walker, 1850
Dichelacera dorotheae Fairchild & ..., 1960
Dichelacera hartmanni Fairchild & ..., 1960
Dichelacera melanosoma Hine, 1920
Dichelacera regina Fairchild, 1940
Dichelacera subcallosa Fairchild & ..., 1960
Dicladocera nigrocoerulea Rondani, 1850
Esenbeckia (Esenbeckia) illota Williston, 1901
Esenbeckia (Esenbeckia) subvaria Walker, 1848
Esenbeckia (Proboscoides) chagresensis Fairchild, 1942
Esenbeckia (Ricardoa) yepocapa Fairchild, 1951
Esenbeckia esenbeckii Wiedemann, 1830
Esenbeckia mejiai Fairchild, 1942
Esenbeckia minor Krober, 1931
Esenbeckia osornoi Fairchild, 1942
Esenbeckia prasiniventris Macquart, 1846
Esenbeckia subguttata Fairchild, 1964
Esenbeckia translucens Macquart, 1846
Fidena (Fidena) pyrausta
Fidena (Fidena) trapidoi Fairchild, 1953
Fidena auribarba Enderlein, 1925
Fidena bicolor Krober, 1931
Fidena eriomeroides Lutz, 1909
Fidena flavipennis Krober, 1931
Fidena griseithorax Burger, 2002
Fidena howardi Fairchild, 1941
Fidena opaca Brèthes, 1910
Fidena rhinophora Bellardi, 1859
Fidena schildi Hine, 1925
Hemichrysops fascipennis Krober, 1930
Himantostylus intermedius Lutz, 1913
Hybomitra bagheera Violovitsh, 1968
Hybomitra typhus Whitney, 1904
Lepiselaga crassipes Fabricius, 1805
Leucotabanus aurarius Fairchild, 1953
Leucotabanus canithorax Fairchild, 1941
Leucotabanus cornelianus Fairchild, 1985
Leucotabanus exaestuans Linnaeus, 1758
Leucotabanus flavinotum Krober, 1934
Leucotabanus nigriventris Krober, 1931
Myiotabanus muscoideus Hine, 1907
Phaeotabanus atopus Fairchild, 1953
Phaeotabanus longiappendiculatus Macquart, 1855
Phaeotabanus phaeopterus Fairchild, 1964
Phara nigripes (Enderlein, 1925)⇒ Philoliche nigripes Enderlein, 1925
Philipotabanus (Melasmatabanus) fascipennis Macquart, 1846
Philipotabanus (Philipotabanus) caliginosus Bellardi, 1859
Philipotabanus (Philipotabanus) ebrius Osten Sacken, 1886
Philipotabanus (Philipotabanus) nigrinubilus Fairchild, 1953
Philipotabanus (Philipotabanus) palidetinctus Kroeber, 1930
Philipotabanus (Philipotabanus) stigmaticalis Krober, 1931
Philipotabanus chrysothrix Fairchild, 1943
Philipotabanus elviae Fairchild, 1943
Philipotabanus inauratus Fairchild, 1947
Philipotabanus keenani Fairchild, 1947
Philipotabanus kompi Fairchild, 1943
Philipotabanus magnificus Krober, 1934
Philipotabanus medius Krober, 1934
Philipotabanus pallidetinctus Krober, 1930
Philipotabanus phalaropygus Fairchild, 1964
Philipotabanus phaleropygus Fairchild, 1964
Philipotabanus plenus Hine, 1907
Philipotabanus pterographicus Fairchild, 1943
Philoliche nigripes Enderlein, 1925
Pityocera festae Giglio-Tos, 1896
Poeciloderas quadripunctatus Fabricius, 1805Richard's macromitrium moss
Scaptia (Myioscaptia) calliphora (Mackerras, 1960)⇒ Myioscaptia calliphora Mackerras, 1960
Scione ablusus Fairchild, 1964
Scione albopilosus Burger, 2002
Scione aureopygia (Fairchild, 1942)⇒ Scione rufescens Ricardo, 1900
Scione aurulans Wiedemann, 1830
Scione costaricana Szilady, 1926
Scione maculipennis Schiner, 1868
Scione rufescens Ricardo, 1900
Silvius (Assipala) tanyceras Osten Sacken, 1886
Silvius aquila Philip, 1967
Silvius atitlanensis Hays, 1960
Silvius melanopterus Hine, 1905
Stenotabanus (Aegialomyia) littoreus Hine, 1907
Stenotabanus (Aegialomyia) paitillensis Fairchild, 1942
Stenotabanus (Stenotabanus) fulvistriatus Hine, 1912
Stenotabanus (Stenotabanus) litotes Fairchild, 1953
Stenotabanus (Stenotabanus) taeniotes Wiedemann, 1828
Stenotabanus ananasi (Fairchild, 1951)⇒ Stenotabanus changuinolae Fairchild, 1942
Stenotabanus atopus (Fairchild, 1953)⇒ Phaeotabanus atopus Fairchild, 1953
Stenotabanus blantoni Fairchild, 1953
Stenotabanus calvillus
Stenotabanus calvitius Fairchild, 1942
Stenotabanus changuinolae Fairchild, 1942
Stenotabanus constabulorum
Stenotabanus frondicolus (Fairchild, 1951)⇒ Stypommisa maruccii Fairchild, 1947
Stenotabanus incipens Walker, 1860
Stenotabanus jaculator (Fairchild, 1942)⇒ Stypommisa jaculator Fairchild, 1942
Stenotabanus lerida (Fairchild, 1942)⇒ Stypommisa lerida Fairchild, 1942
Stenotabanus longipennis Krober, 1929
Stenotabanus maruccii (Fairchild, 1947)⇒ Stypommisa maruccii Fairchild, 1947
Stenotabanus minusculus Krober, 1930
Stenotabanus obscurus Krober, 1929
Stenotabanus pequeniensis (Fairchild, 1942)⇒ Stypommisa pequeniensis Fairchild, 1942
Stenotabanus pompholyx Fairchild, 1953
Stenotabanus sordidatus Fairchild, 1958
Stenotabanus vapidus (Fairchild, 1964)⇒ Stypommisa serena Krober, 1931
Stenotabanus xenium (Fairchild, 1947)⇒ Stypommisa captiroptera Krober, 1930
Stibasoma (Rhabdotylus) venenata Osten Sacken, 1886
Stibasoma (Stibasoma) chionostigma Osten Sacken, 1886
Stibasoma (Stibasoma) festivum Wiedemann, 1828
Stibasoma (Stibasoma) flaviventre Macquart, 1848
Stibasoma (Stibasoma) fulvohirtum Wiedemann, 1828
Stibasoma apicimacula Fairchild, 1940
Stibasoma euglossa (Lutz, 1915)⇒ Stibasoma flaviventre Macquart, 1848
Stibasoma panamensis Curran, 1934
Stibasoma stilbium (Fairchild, 1953)⇒ Stibasoma flaviventre Macquart, 1848
Stypommisa captiroptera Krober, 1930
Stypommisa changena Fairchild, 1986
Stypommisa jaculator Fairchild, 1942
Stypommisa lerida Fairchild, 1942
Stypommisa marruccii frondicola Fairchild, 1951
Stypommisa maruccii Fairchild, 1947
Stypommisa pequeniensis Fairchild, 1942
Stypommisa serena Krober, 1931
Tabanus adiastolus Fairchild, 1986
Tabanus albocirculus Hine, 1907
Tabanus albocirulus
Tabanus appendicifer Szilady, 1926
Tabanus appendiculatus (Szilady, 1923)⇒ Tabanus dorsiger Wiedemann, 1821
Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775Black horse fly
Tabanus atricornis (Bigot, 1892)⇒ Ephemera danica Müller, 1764
Tabanus attenuatus Walker, 1848
Tabanus bigoti Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus campechianus Townsend, 1897
Tabanus chrysothrix (Fairchild, 1943)⇒ Philipotabanus chrysothrix Fairchild, 1943
Tabanus cicur Fairchild, 1906
Tabanus claripennis Bigot, 1892
Tabanus colombensis Macquart, 1846Watermelon
Tabanus commixtus Walker, 1860Mexican whorled milkweed
Tabanus corone Osten Sacken, 1886
Tabanus defilippii Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus dorsifer Walker, 1860Mexican whorled milkweed
Tabanus dorsiger Wiedemann, 1821
Tabanus dunni Fairchild, 1942
Tabanus elviae (Fairchild, 1943)⇒ Philipotabanus elviae Fairchild, 1943
Tabanus enanus Fairchild, 1942
Tabanus erebus Osten Sacken, 1886
Tabanus femoralis Krober, 1931
Tabanus festivum (Wiedemann, 1828)⇒ Stibasoma festivum Wiedemann, 1828
Tabanus festivus
Tabanus fulmineus (Hine, 1920)⇒ Catachlorops fulmineus Hine, 1920
Tabanus grassator (Fairchild, 1953)⇒ Philipotabanus stigmaticalis Krober, 1931
Tabanus guatemalanus (Hine, 1906)⇒ Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus haemagogus Williston, 1901
Tabanus importunus Wiedemann, 1828
Tabanus inauratus (Fairchild, 1947)⇒ Philipotabanus inauratus Fairchild, 1947
Tabanus jilamensis Hine, 1925
Tabanus keenani (Fairchild, 1947)⇒ Philipotabanus keenani Fairchild, 1947
Tabanus kompi (Fairchild, 1943)⇒ Philipotabanus kompi Fairchild, 1943
Tabanus lacajaensis Krober, 1931
Tabanus limpidipennis Hine, 1907
Tabanus littoreus (Hine, 1907)⇒ Stenotabanus littoreus Hine, 1907
Tabanus lutzi Krober, 1934
Tabanus macquarti (Schiner, 1868)⇒ Tabanus lutzi Krober, 1934
Tabanus maculifrons (Hine, 1907)⇒ Stenotabanus incipens Walker, 1860
Tabanus mularis Stone, 1935Obtuse buckthorn
Tabanus muscoides Toumanoff, 1950
Tabanus muscoideus
Tabanus nebulosus (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Tabanus mularis Stone, 1935
Tabanus nereus Fairchild, 1943
Tabanus nigrinubilus (Fairchild, 1953)⇒ Philipotabanus nigrinubilus Fairchild, 1953
Tabanus nondescriptus Fairchild, 1973
Tabanus occidentalis Oldroyd, 1954
Tabanus octulus Walker, 1848
Tabanus oculus Walker, 1848
Tabanus olivaceiventris Macquart, 1847
Tabanus palpinus Beauvois, 1819
Tabanus pellucidus Fabricius, 1805
Tabanus piraticus (Fairchild, 1942)⇒ Tabanus unipunctatus Bigot, 1892
Tabanus platycerus Fairchild, 1976
Tabanus plenus (Hine, 1907)⇒ Philipotabanus plenus Hine, 1907
Tabanus polyphemus Fairchild, 1958
Tabanus praepilatus Fairchild, 1943
Tabanus praeteritus Fairchild, 1947
Tabanus pruinosus (Bigot, 1892)⇒ Atylotus ohioensis Hine, 1901
Tabanus pseudoculus Fairchild, 1942
Tabanus pterographicus (Fairchild, 1943)⇒ Philipotabanus pterographicus Fairchild, 1943
Tabanus pulverifer persis Ricardo, 1911
Tabanus punctipleura Hine, 1920
Tabanus pungens Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Tabanus quinquemaculatus (Hine, 1907)⇒ Tabanus quinquepunctatus Hine, 1925
Tabanus quinquepunctatus Hine, 1925
Tabanus rhizophorae Fairchild, 1943
Tabanus rixator Fairchild, 1943
Tabanus rubripes Macquart, 1838
Tabanus secundus (Walker, 1848)⇒ Tabanus dorsiger Wiedemann, 1821
Tabanus sextriangulus Gorayeb & Al..., 1984
Tabanus stenocephalus Hine, 1906
Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus surifer Fairchild, 1964
Tabanus systenus Burton, 1978
Tabanus trivittatus Fabricius, 1805
Tabanus umbraticolus (Fairchild, 1943)⇒ Tabanus lacajaensis Krober, 1931
Tabanus umbratus (Hine, 1920)⇒ Catachlorops umbratus Hine, 1920
Tabanus unipunctatus Bigot, 1892
Tabanus unistriatus Hine, 1906
Tabanus validus (Wiedemann, 1828)⇒ Tabanus atratus Fabricius, 1775
Tabanus vittiger (Thomson, 1869)⇒ Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus xenorhynchus Fairchild, 1947
Tabanus yucatanus Townsend, 1897

Subnodes of Tabanidae with occurrences in Central America
SubfamilyChrysopsinae
Lutz, 1905
Deer Flies
2
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPangoniinae
Grunberg, 1906
6
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTabaninae
Latreille, 1802
Horse Flies
21
178
Genera
Species

Taxom



Tabanidae (Latreille 1802)
Tabanidae (Latreille 1802)


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Tabanidae at artfakta.se
Tabanidae at dyntaxa.se
Tabanidae at gbif.org
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Tabanidae at itis.gov
Tabanidae at marinespecies.org