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Checklist for Subfamily Tabaninae Latreille, 1802 (Horse Flies)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
928
21139
104473
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
924
21108
104403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
874
20837
103684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
530
15898
85805
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
130
2293
12732
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
97
1684
8435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Tabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
4
47
533
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tabanoidea
Coquillett, 1901
3
43
526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTabanidae
Latreille, 1802
Breeze flies, Bull dog flies, Clags, Cleggs, Clegs, Klegs
41
492
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyTabaninae
Latreille, 1802
Horse Flies
14
205
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
14 Genera with 205 Species
Atylotus Osten Sacken, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Cesabasis Koçak & Hüse..., 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Cydistomorpha Trojan, 18486SpeciesTaxom
Cydistomyia Taylor, 192247SpeciesTaxom
Dasybasis Macquart, 184882SpeciesTaxom
Dichelacera Macquart, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Dolichapha Enderlein, 19175SpeciesTaxom
Haematopota Meigen, 1758Clegs1SpeciesTaxom
Hybomitra Enderlein, 18376SpeciesTaxom
Lissimas Enderlein, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Mackerrasus Trojan, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Stenotabanus Lutz, 1913
0SpeciesTaxom
Sznablius Trojan, 18685SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1971Common horse flies73SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
205 Species and 25 Subspecies
Atylotus sphagnicola Teskey, 1985Caltrop
Cydistomorpha circumdata Walker, 1848
Cydistomorpha innotata Ferguson & H..., 1919
Cydistomorpha neobasalis Taylor, 1918
Cydistomorpha oculata Ricardo, 1915
Cydistomorpha regisgeorgii Macquart, 1838
Cydistomorpha vetusta Walker, 1848
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) albithorax Ricardo, 1913
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) avida Bigot, 1892
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) brevior Walker, 1848
Cydistomyia brevior anellosus Summers, 1912
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) doddi (Taylor, 1917)⇒ Cydistomyia albithorax Ricardo, 1913
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) duplonotata Ricardo, 1914
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) hyperythrea Bigot, 1892
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) laticallosa Ricardo, 1914
Cydistomyia laticallosa aticallosa Taylor, 1917
Cydistomyia laticallosa heroni
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) nigropicta Macquart, 1855
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) palmensis Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) pseudoardens Taylor, 1913
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) sanguinarius
Cydistomyia (Cydistomyia) victoriensis Ricardo, 1915
Cydistomyia alternata Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Cydistomyia atmophora Taylor, 1919
Cydistomyia bancroftae Mackerras, 1964
Cydistomyia casuarinae English, Mac..., 1958
Cydistomyia curvabilis Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia cyanea Wiedemann, 1828
Cydistomyia danielsorum Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia exemplum Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia fenestra Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia fergusoni Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia griseicolor Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Cydistomyia hardyi Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia improcerus Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia infirmus Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia infurmus Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia innubilis Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia innubilus Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia magnetica Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Cydistomyia monteithi Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia musgravii Taylor, 1918
Cydistomyia nigropictus Macquart, 1855
Cydistomyia obscurus Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia pilosus Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia pruina Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia pseudobrevior Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia rivularis Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Cydistomyia sabulosus Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia silviformis Taylor, 1919
Cydistomyia tasmaniensis Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia torresi Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Cydistomyia triangularis Mackerras & ..., 2008
Cydistomyia wentworthi Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) acutipalpis Macquart, 1838
Dasybasis acutipalpis abstersus Walker, 1850
Dasybasis acutipalpis edentula Macquart, 1846
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) albohirtipes Ferguson, 1921
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) angusticallus Ricardo, 1917
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) appendiculata Macquart, 1847
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) caesia Walker, 1848
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) cirrus Ricardo, 1917
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) clavicallosa Ricardo, 1917
Dasybasis clavicallosa banksiensis Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Dasybasis clavicallosa clavicallosa Taylor, 1919
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) constans Walker, 1848
Dasybasis constans minor Taylor, 1919
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) dixoni Ferguson, 1921
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) dubiosa Ricardo, 1915
Dasybasis dubiosa dubiosa
Dasybasis dubiosa indefinita Taylor, 1918
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) edentula Macquart, 1846
Dasybasis edentula antecedens Walker, 1854
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) eidsvoldensis Taylor, 1919
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) exulans Erichson, 1842
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) froggatti Ricardo, 1915
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) gentilis Erichson, 1842
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) germanica Ricardo, 1915
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) griseoannulata Taylor, 1917
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) hebes Walker, 1848
Dasybasis hebes nepos Walker, 1848
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) hobartiensis White, 1915
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) imperfecta Walker, 1848
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) kewensis Ferguson & H..., 1920
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) macrophthalma Schiner, 1868
Dasybasis macrophthalma oraria English, 1949
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) milsoni Taylor, 1917
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) milsonis Ricardo, 1917
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) moretonensis Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) nemopunctata Ricardo, 1914
Dasybasis nemopunctata aurihirta Ricardo, 1915
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) nemotuberculata Ricardo, 1914
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) neocirrus Ricardo, 1917
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) neogermanica Ricardo, 1915
Dasybasis neogermanica hilli Taylor, 1919
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) neolatifrons Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Dasybasis neolatifrons latifrons Ferguson, 1921
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) neopalpalis Ferguson & Hill, 1920
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) ochreoflava Ferguson & H..., 1920
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) parva Taylor, 1913
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) postponens Walker, 1848
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) pseudocallosa Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) rieki Ferguson & Y..., 2015
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) rufifrons Macquart, 1855
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) spatiosa Ricardo, 1915
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) tasmaniensis White, 1915
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) trilinealis Ferguson & H..., 1920
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) tryphera Taylor, 1917
Dasybasis (Dasybasis) vespiformis Ferguson & H..., 1920
Dasybasis banksiensis Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Dasybasis circumdata Walker, 1848
Dasybasis circumdata brevidentata Macquart, 1855
Dasybasis cirra Ricardo, 1917
Dasybasis diemanensis Ferguson, 1921
Dasybasis gemella Walker, 1848
Dasybasis gregaria Erichson, 1842
Dasybasis gregaria antecedens Walker, 1848
Dasybasis indefinita Taylor, 1918
Dasybasis innotata Ferguson & H..., 1920
Dasybasis microdonta Mackerras, 1947
Dasybasis neobasalis Taylor, 1918
Dasybasis neobasalis basalis Walker, 1848
Dasybasis neocirra Ferguson, 1921
Dasybasis neocirra bassii Ferguson, 1921
Dasybasis oculata Ricardo, 1915
Dasybasis oculata kendallensis Taylor, 1919
Dasybasis oculata pusilla Macquart, 1855
Dasybasis padix Taylor, 1917
Dasybasis rainbowi Taylor, 1918
Dasybasis regisgeorgii Macquart, 1838
Dasybasis rufufrons Macquart, 1855
Dasybasis spadix Taylor, 1916
Dasybasis speciosa
Dasybasis testaceomaculata Macquart, 1838
Dasybasis vetusta Walker, 1848
Dichelacera (Dichelacera) grandis Ricardo, 1904Riverbank lupine
Dolichapha gemella Walker, 1848
Dolichapha gregaria Erichson, 1842
Dolichapha spadix Taylor, 1916
Dolichapha spadix diemanensis Ferguson, 1921
Dolichapha spadix spadix Taylor, 1917
Haematopota pluvialis Linnaeus, 1758Breeze fly
Hybomitra frontalis Walker, 1848Boreal Horse Fly
Hybomitra illota Osten Sacken, 1876
Hybomitra lasiophthalma Macquart, 1838Orange-sided Horse Fly
Hybomitra macularis Fabricius, 1794
Hybomitra nigricans Wiedemann, 1828
Hybomitra zonalis Kirby, 1837Yellowjacket Horse Fly
Lissimas australis Ricardo, 1915
Mackerrasus microdonta Macquart, 1847
Mackerrasus rainbowi Taylor, 1918
Sznablius albohirtipes Ferguson, 1921
Sznablius cirrus Ricardo, 1917
Sznablius exulans Erichson, 1842
Sznablius hebes Walker, 1848
Sznablius macrophthalma Schiner, 1868
Tabanus angustus (Macquart, 1838)⇒ Tabanus trinominatus Senior-White, 1927
Tabanus ansarii Abbassian-Li..., 1960
Tabanus australicus Taylor, 1919
Tabanus autumnalis leucophilus Walker, 1848
Tabanus bassii (Ferguson, 1921)⇒ Dasybasis neocirrus Ricardo, 1917
Tabanus breinli (Ferguson & Hill, 1922)⇒ Tabanus cohaerens Walker, 1865
Tabanus brisbanensis (Taylor, 1917)⇒ Dasybasis diemanensis Ferguson, 1921
Tabanus bromius Linnaeus, 1758Band-eyed brown horsefly
Tabanus calabyi Mackerras, 1971
Tabanus ceylonicus Schiner, 1868
Tabanus cinerescens MacLeay, 1826
Tabanus clavicallosus
Tabanus cohaerens Walker, 1865
Tabanus concolor Walker, 1848
Tabanus confusus (Walker, 1848)⇒ Tabanus sudeticus Zeller, 1842
Tabanus cordiger Meigen, 1820Plain-eyed grey horsefly
Tabanus darwinensis (Taylor, 1917)⇒ Dasybasis clavicallosa Ricardo, 1917
Tabanus davidsoni Taylor, 1919
Tabanus diemanensis (Ferguson, 1921)⇒ Dasybasis diemanensis Ferguson, 1921
Tabanus dixoni (Ferguson, 1921)⇒ Dasybasis dixoni Ferguson, 1921
Tabanus dorsobimaculatus Macquart, 1850
Tabanus fortis Fairchild, 1961
Tabanus frondosus Szilady, 1926
Tabanus funebris Macquart, 1846
Tabanus fusconervosus Macquart, 1838Melonleaf
Tabanus griseinus Philip, 1960
Tabanus griseus (Gmelin, 1790)⇒ Dasybasis clavicallosa Ricardo, 1917
Tabanus guatemalanus (Hine, 1906)⇒ Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus guyanensis Macquart, 1846
Tabanus hackeri (Taylor, 1917)⇒ Dasybasis nemopunctata Ricardo, 1914
Tabanus innotabilis Walker, 1848
Tabanus kershawi (Ricardo, 1917)⇒ Tabanus ceylonicus Schiner, 1868
Tabanus latifrons (Schuurmans S..., 1926)⇒ Tabanus frondosus Szilady, 1926
Tabanus limbithorax Macquart, 1855
Tabanus maini Mackerras, 1971
Tabanus nigrimanus Walker, 1848
Tabanus nigriventris (Macquart, 1846)⇒ Tabanus ansarii Abbassian-Li..., 1960
Tabanus notatus Ricardo, 1915
Tabanus obscurilineatus Taylor, 1919
Tabanus ochreoflavus (Ferguson & H..., 1919)⇒ Dasybasis ochreoflava Ferguson & H..., 1920
Tabanus pallipennis (Macquart, 1846)⇒ Tabanus particaecus Hardy, 1948
Tabanus palmensis (Ferguson & Hill, 1922)⇒ Cydistomyia palmensis Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Tabanus particaecus Hardy, 1948
Tabanus parvicallosus (Ricardo, 1914)⇒ Cydistomyia duplonotata Ricardo, 1914
Tabanus planus Walker, 1850
Tabanus praepositus Walker, 1848
Tabanus propinquus (Macquart, 1855)⇒ Tabanus pungens Wiedemann, 1828
Tabanus pseudoardens (Taylor, 1913)⇒ Cydistomyia pseudoardens Taylor, 1913
Tabanus pseudocallosus (Ferguson & Hill, 1922)⇒ Dasybasis pseudocallosa Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Tabanus pungens Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Tabanus queenslandii Ricardo, 1914
Tabanus robustus (Taylor, 1919)⇒ Sznablius cirrus Ricardo, 1917
Tabanus rubrinotatus (Bigot, 1892)⇒ Tabanus guyanensis Macquart, 1846
Tabanus rubriventris Macquart, 1838
Tabanus rufinotatus
Tabanus rufoabdominalis (Taylor, 1917)⇒ Cydistomyia laticallosa Ricardo, 1914
Tabanus sequens Walker, 1848
Tabanus sidneyensis Macquart, 1846
Tabanus silviformis (Taylor, 1919)⇒ Cydistomyia silviformis Taylor, 1919
Tabanus similis Macquart, 1850Desert starvine
Tabanus speciosus Ricardo, 1911
Tabanus spodopterus Meigen, 1820Black horned giant horsefly
Tabanus strangmannii Ricardo, 1914
Tabanus subcinerescens Mackerras, 1971
Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus sudeticus Zeller, 1842Dark giant horsefly
Tabanus tasmanicus (Ferguson, 1921)⇒ Dasybasis neocirrus Ricardo, 1917
Tabanus tephrodes Philippi, 1865
Tabanus townsvilli Ricardo, 1915
Tabanus tryphera (Taylor, 1917)⇒ Dasybasis tryphera Taylor, 1917
Tabanus umbripennis Ricardo, 1915
Tabanus wentworthi (Ferguson & Hill, 1922)⇒ Cydistomyia wentworthi Ferguson & Hill, 1922
Tabanus wyndhamensis Mackerras, 1971

Subnodes of Tabaninae with occurrences in Australia
TribeDiachlorini
Lutz, 1909
4
107
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHaematopotini
Chainey & Oldroyd, 1980
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTabanini
Chainey & Oldroyd, 1980
3
80
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Tabaninae at itis.gov
Tabaninae at marinespecies.org