Dutra, Maria Carolina Pimenta;Amorim, Dalton De Souza;Carmo, Daniel Dias Dornelas Do
Species
storklegg
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderDiptera
- FamilyTabanidae
Habitatmarine, freshwater
Observations11,515
Observations recorded120,055
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 3,085
- With media
- 90
- Family
- Tabanidae
- Collections
- FCB-UANL, IIZD-UASLP, INDRE-SSA
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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Tabanus is a genus of biting horseflies of the family Tabanidae. Females have scissor-like mouthparts that are able to penetrate the skin of livestock animals. The horsefly can then extract and ingest the animal's blood. Horseflies of this genus are known to be potential vectors of anthrax, worms and trypanosomes. Some species, such as Tabanus bovinus, prefer bovine animals and are less harmful to humans. The genus contains hundreds of species and many species groups.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tabanus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.