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Diachlorus
Sign in to saveDiachlorus is a genus of biting horseflies of the family Tabanidae. D. ferrugatus ranges from the southeastern United States to Costa Rica. There are 27 species with a neotropical distribution, with the greatest diversity in Brazil, while 3 are found in Central America.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 38
- With media
- 28
- Family
- Tabanidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLECTION OF ARTHOPODS (UCFC), MNHN
- Recorded in
- Ecuador, United States, Etats-Unis, BréSil, Brazil, Guyane FrançAise
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Diachlorus is a genus of biting horseflies of the family Tabanidae. D. ferrugatus ranges from the southeastern United States to Costa Rica. There are 27 species with a neotropical distribution, with the greatest diversity in Brazil, while 3 are found in Central America.
==Species== Diachlorus afflictus (Wiedemann, 1828) Diachlorus aitkeni Fairchild, 1972 Diachlorus altivagus Lutz, 1913 Diachlorus anduzei Stone, 1944 Diachlorus bicinctus (Fabricius, 1805) Diachlorus bimaculatus (Wiedemann, 1828) Diachlorus bivittatus (Wiedemann, 1828) Diachlorus curvipes (Fabricius, 1805) Diachlorus distinctus Lutz, 1913 Diachlorus fairchildi Henriques & Rafael, 1999 Diachlorus falsifuscistigma Henriques & Rafael, 1999 Diachlorus fascipennis Lutz, 1913 Diachlorus ferrugatus (Fabricius, 1805) Diachlorus flavitaenia Lutz, 1913 Diachlorus fuscistigma Lutz, 1913 Diachlorus glaber (Wiedemann, 1828) Diachlorus habecki Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1982 Diachlorus heppneri Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1982 Diachlorus immaculatus (Wiedemann, 1828) Diachlorus jobbinsi Fairchild, 1942 Diachlorus leticia Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1982 Diachlorus leucotibialis Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1982 Diachlorus neivai Lutz, 1913 Diachlorus nuneztovari Fairchild & Ortiz, 1955 Diachlorus pechumani Fairchild, 1972 Diachlorus podagricus (Fabricius, 1805) Diachlorus scutellatus (Macquart, 1838) Diachlorus tenuimaculatus Henriques & Krolow, 2020 Diachlorus trevori Wilkerson & Fairchild, 1982 Diachlorus varipes (Rondani, 1848) Diachlorus xynus Fairchild, 1972
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