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Checklist for Infraorder Tabanomorpha Hennig, 1948 (Horse Flies)
and region Central Vancouver Island (Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
319
1687
2366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
318
1686
2365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
304
1653
2308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
222
1425
2025
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
56
325
383
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
40
210
266
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Tabanomorpha
Hennig, 1948
Horse Flies, March Flies
2
5
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Central Vancouver Island
2 Families width 13 Species
Tabanidae Latreille, 1802Breeze flies11SpeciesTaxom
Xylophagidae Fallen, 1810Awl-flies2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Central Vancouver Island
5 Genera with 13 Species
Chrysops Meigen, 1848Deer flies2SpeciesTaxom
Hybomitra Enderlein, 18775SpeciesTaxom
Silvius Meigen, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Tabanus Linnaeus, 1850Common horse flies3SpeciesTaxom
Xylophagus Meigen, 18852SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Vancouver Island
13 Species
Chrysops excitans Walker, 1850Bothersome Deer Fly
Chrysops furcatus Walker, 1848Ashy milkweed
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 sonomensis Osten Sacken, 1877
Silvius gigantulus Loew, 1872
Tabanus kesseli Philip, 1950Thicket shadbush
Tabanus marginalis Fabricius, 1805
Tabanus similis Macquart, 1850Desert starvine
Xylophagus (Xylophagus) cinctus De Geer, 1776Red-belted awl-fly
Xylophagus decorus Williston, 1885Pineland clustervine

Subnodes of Tabanomorpha with occurrences in Central Vancouver Island
SuperfamilyTabanoidea
Coquillett, 1901
1
4
11
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyXylophagoidea
Fallen, 1810
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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