Tabanus sparus is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae.[2][3]

Tabanus sparus
Tabanus sparus, Oklahoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Tabanus
Species:
T. sparus
Binomial name
Tabanus sparus
Whitney, 1879[1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus milleri Whitney, 1914

Distribution

edit

United States.

Subspecies

edit

These two subspecies belong to the species Tabanus sparus:

  • Tabanus sparus milleri Whitney, 1914
  • Tabanus sparus sparus Whitney, 1879[1]

References

edit
  1. ^ a b Whitney, C.P. (1879). "Descriptions of some new species of Tabanidae". The Canadian Entomologist. 11: 35–38. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology. 1 (1). Associated Publishers: 1–100.