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Checklist for Family Tabanidae Latreille, 1802 (Breeze flies)
and region Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
378
2427
3666
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
376
2423
3662
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
361
2383
3584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
254
2026
3108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
66
448
570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
49
301
408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Tabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
2
8
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tabanoidea
Coquillett, 1901
1
6
18
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTabanidae
Latreille, 1802
Breeze flies, Bull dog flies, Clags, Cleggs, Clegs, Klegs
6
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Vancouver Island
6 Genera with 18 Species
Chrysops Meigen, 1877Deer flies4SpeciesTaxom
Cydistomyia Taylor, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Hybomitra Enderlein, 18838SpeciesTaxom
Scaptia Walker, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Silvius Meigen, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1850Common horse flies3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Vancouver Island
18 Species
Chrysops excitans Walker, 1850Bothersome Deer Fly
Chrysops furcatus Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
Chrysops mitis Osten Sacken, 1875Benign Deer Fly
Chrysops proclivis Osten Sacken, 1877
Cydistomyia brachypalpus Trojan, 1991
Hybomitra atrobasis McDunnough, 1921
Hybomitra epistates Osten Sacken, 1878Horse fly
Hybomitra frontalis Walker, 1848Boreal Horse Fly
Hybomitra illota Osten Sacken, 1876
Hybomitra lasiophthalma Macquart, 1838Orange-sided Horse Fly
Hybomitra lurida Fallen, 1817Broad-headed Horse Fly
Hybomitra sonomensis Osten Sacken, 1877
Hybomitra tetrica Marten, 1883Elk Horse Fly
Scaptia (Myioscaptia) calliphora (Mackerras, 1960)⇒ Myioscaptia calliphora Mackerras, 1960
Silvius gigantulus Loew, 1872
Tabanus kesseli Philip, 1950Thicket shadbush
Tabanus marginalis Fabricius, 1805
Tabanus similis Macquart, 1850Desert starvine

Subnodes of Tabanidae with occurrences in Vancouver Island
SubfamilyChrysopsinae
Lutz, 1905
Deer Flies
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPangoniinae
Grunberg, 1906
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTabaninae
Latreille, 1802
Horse Flies
3
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



Tabanidae (Latreille 1802)
Tabanidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Tabanidae at artfakta.se
Tabanidae at dyntaxa.se
Tabanidae at gbif.org
Tabanidae at irmng.org
Tabanidae at itis.gov
Tabanidae at marinespecies.org