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Checklist for Subfamily Tabaninae Latreille, 1802 (Horse Flies)
and region Caribbean (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
657
12365
38331
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
653
12348
38295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
627
12188
37884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
383
9584
30287
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
92
1536
5192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
72
1215
3605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Tabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
2
28
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Tabanoidea
Coquillett, 1901
1
27
145
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTabanidae
Latreille, 1802
Breeze flies, Bull dog flies, Clags, Cleggs, Clegs, Klegs
27
145
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyTabaninae
Latreille, 1802
Horse Flies
18
122
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean
18 Genera with 122 Species
Acanthocera Macquart, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Atylotus Osten Sacken, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Bolbodimyia Bigot, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Catachlorops Lutz, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Chlorotabanus Lutz, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Cryptotylus Lutz, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Diachlorus Osten Sacken, 1805Yellow flies2SpeciesTaxom
Dichelacera Macquart, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Haematopota Meigen, 1952Clegs2SpeciesTaxom
Holcopsis Enderlein, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Hybomitra Enderlein, 1922
0SpeciesTaxom
Lepiselaga Macquart, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Leucotabanus Lutz, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Myiotabanus Lutz, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Phaeotabanus Lutz, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Stenotabanus Lutz, 198932SpeciesTaxom
Stibasoma Schiner, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1974Common horse flies68SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean
122 Species and 3 Subspecies
Acanthocera (Acanthocera) bequaerti (Fairchild, 1963)⇒ Acanthocera marginalis Walker, 1854
Acanthocera (Acanthocera) marginalis Walker, 1854
Atylotus vargasi Philip, 1954
Bolbodimyia philipi Stone, 1954
Catachlorops (Psarochlorops) alcis Williston, 1896
Chlorotabanus inanis Fabricius, 1787
Chlorotabanus mexicanus Linnaeus, 1758
Cryptotylus chloroticus Philip & Fai..., 1956
Diachlorus bicinctus Fabricius, 1805
Diachlorus curvipes Fabricius, 1805
Dichelacera ochracea Hine, 1920
Haematopota pardalina Oldroyd, 1952
Haematopota rubidicornis Oldroyd, 1952
Holcopsis bequaerti Philip, 1934
Lepiselaga crassipes Fabricius, 1805
Leucotabanus canithorax Fairchild, 1941
Leucotabanus exaestuans Linnaeus, 1758
Myiotabanus muscoideus Hine, 1907
Phaeotabanus fervens Linnaeus, 1758
Phaeotabanus nigriflavus Krober, 1930
Phaeotabanus prasiniventris Krober, 1929
Stenotabanus (Aegialomyia) parallelus Walker, 1848
Stenotabanus parallelus alene Townsend, 1895
Stenotabanus (Aegialomyia) picticornis Bigot, 1892
Stenotabanus (Aegialomyia) stigma (Fabricius, 1805)⇒ Stenotabanus liokylon Fairchild, 1961
Stenotabanus stigma completus Walker, 1848
Stenotabanus (Aegialomyia) tobagensis Fairchild, 1958
Stenotabanus brunettii punctipennis Brunetti, 1923
Stenotabanus (Stenotabanus) marcanoi Fairchild, 1980
Stenotabanus (Stenotabanus) taeniotes Wiedemann, 1828
Stenotabanus alayoi Cruz & Garcia, 1974
Stenotabanus alticolus Fairchild, 1980
Stenotabanus barahona Fairchild, 1980
Stenotabanus batesi Bequaert, 1940
Stenotabanus brodzinskyi R. S. Lane, 1988
Stenotabanus brunetii Bequaert, 1940
Stenotabanus confusus Cruz & Garcia, 1974
Stenotabanus dusbabeki Cruz & Garcia, 1974
Stenotabanus fairchildi Chvala, 1967
Stenotabanus farri Philip, 1958
Stenotabanus fenestra Williston, 1887
Stenotabanus hispaniolae Bequaert, 1940
Stenotabanus jamaicensis Newstead, 1909
Stenotabanus liokylon Fairchild, 1961
Stenotabanus mellifluus Bequaert, 1940
Stenotabanus nervosus Curran, 1931
Stenotabanus parsonsi Bequaert, 1940
Stenotabanus parvulus Williston, 1887
Stenotabanus pusillus Cruz & Garcia, 1974
Stenotabanus sputnikulus Philip, 1958
Stenotabanus staryi Fairchild, 1968
Stenotabanus wolcotti Fairchild, 1980
Stenotabanus woodruffi G. B. Fairchild, 1989
Stibasoma (Stibasoma) flaviventre Macquart, 1848
Stibasoma dyridophorum Knab, 1913
Stibasoma euglossa (Lutz, 1915)⇒ Stibasoma flaviventre Macquart, 1848
Tabanus abactor Philip, 1936Pacific serviceberry
Tabanus abiens Walker, 1848
Tabanus albocirculus Hine, 1907
Tabanus aurantium Philip, 1958
Tabanus batesi (Bequaert, 1940)⇒ Stenotabanus batesi Bequaert, 1940
Tabanus bifloccus Hine, 1925
Tabanus bigoti Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus bimini Philip, 1957
Tabanus brochei Cruz & Garcia, 1974
Tabanus bromius Linnaeus, 1758Band-eyed brown horsefly
Tabanus claripennis Bigot, 1892
Tabanus clenchi Bequaert, 1940
Tabanus cohaerens Walker, 1865
Tabanus colombensis Macquart, 1846Watermelon
Tabanus cubensis Cruz & Garcia, 1974
Tabanus darlingtoni Bequaert, 1940
Tabanus defilippii Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus discifer (Walker, 1850)⇒ Tabanus pungens Wiedemann, 1828
Tabanus discus Wiedemann, 1828
Tabanus dominicanus Krober, 1931
Tabanus dorsifloccus Szilady, 1926
Tabanus dorsiger Wiedemann, 1821
Tabanus erebus Osten Sacken, 1886
Tabanus flocculus Bequaert, 1940
Tabanus fulvilineis (Philip, 1957)⇒ Tabanus nigrovittatus Macquart, 1847
Tabanus furunculus Williston, 1901Tansyleaf lidpod
Tabanus glaucus (Wiedemann, 1819)⇒ Tabanus miki Brauer, 1880
Tabanus gracilicornis Hine, 1925
Tabanus guatemalanus (Hine, 1906)⇒ Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus gymnorhynchus Fairchild, 1980
Tabanus haemagogus Williston, 1901
Tabanus haitiensis Krober, 1931
Tabanus hookeri (Knab, 1915)⇒ Tabanus claripennis Bigot, 1892
Tabanus importunus Wiedemann, 1828
Tabanus lewisi Philip, 1957
Tabanus lineola Fabricius, 1794Striped horse fly
Tabanus lucidulus Walker, 1848
Tabanus maculicornis Zetterstedt, 1842Narrow-winged horsefly
Tabanus miki Brauer, 1880Plain-eyed brown horsefly
Tabanus monops Bequaert, 1940
Tabanus mularis Stone, 1935Obtuse buckthorn
Tabanus nebulosus (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Tabanus mularis Stone, 1935
Tabanus nigrovittatus Macquart, 1847Black-striped gad fly
Tabanus obumbratus Bequaert, 1940
Tabanus occidentalis Oldroyd, 1954
Tabanus oculus Walker, 1848
Tabanus olivaceiventris Macquart, 1847
Tabanus par Walker, 1854
Tabanus parsonsi (Bequaert, 1940)⇒ Stenotabanus parsonsi Bequaert, 1940
Tabanus parvidentatus Macquart, 1838
Tabanus piceiventris Rondani, 1848
Tabanus platycerus Fairchild, 1976
Tabanus pseudoculus Fairchild, 1942
Tabanus pungens Wiedemann, 1828Shortstalk false bindweed
Tabanus quinquevittatus Wiedemann, 1821Greenhead
Tabanus sorbillans Wiedemann, 1828
Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus surifer Fairchild, 1964
Tabanus tardinotus Bequaert, 1940
Tabanus tinctus Walker, 1850
Tabanus townsendi Johnson, 1919
Tabanus trivittatus Fabricius, 1805
Tabanus tumiscapens Philip, 1945Huron serviceberry
Tabanus unipunctatus Bigot, 1892
Tabanus unistriatus Hine, 1906
Tabanus ustus Walker, 1850
Tabanus vittiger (Thomson, 1869)⇒ Tabanus subsimilis Bellardi, 1859
Tabanus zayasi Cruz & Garcia, 1974

Subnodes of Tabaninae with occurrences in Caribbean
TribeDiachlorini
Lutz, 1909
14
51
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeHaematopotini
Chainey & Oldroyd, 1980
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

TribeTabanini
Chainey & Oldroyd, 1980
3
69
Genera
Species

Taxom



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