Chlorotabanus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Tabanomorpha

Familia: Tabanidae
Subfamilia: Tabaninae
Tribus: Diachlorini
Genus: Chlorotabanus
Species (11): C. crepuscularis – C. fairchildi – C. falsiflagellatus – C. flagellatus – C. inanis – C. leucochlorus – C. leuconotus – C. mexicanus – C. microceratus – C. ochreus – C. parviceps
Name

Chlorotabanus Lutz, 1913

Type species: Tabanus mexicanus Linnaeus, 1758

Chlorotabanus inanis

References

Fairchild, G.B. 1969. Notes on Neotropical Tabanidae XII. Classification and distribution, with keys to genera and subgenera. Arquivos de Zoologia 17(4): 199–255. Full article (PDF).
Krolow, T.K. & Henriques, A.L. 2009. Description of a new species of Chlorotabanus (Insecta, Diptera, Tabanidae) from Neotropical Region. Iheringia Série Zoologia 99(2): 204–209. PDF.
Krolow, T.K. & Henriques, A.L. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Chlorotabanus Lutz, 1913 (Diptera: Tabanidae). Zootaxa 2656: 1–40. Preview (PDF).

Chlorotabanus is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. There are about 11 described species in Chlorotabanus.[1][2][3]

Species

These 11 species belong to the genus Chlorotabanus:

Chlorotabanus crepuscularis Bequaert, 1926
Chlorotabanus fairchildi Wilkerson, 1979
Chlorotabanus falsiflagellatus Krolow & Henriques, 2010
Chlorotabanus flagellatus Krolow & Henriques, 2009
Chlorotabanus inanis (Fabricius, 1787)
Chlorotabanus leucochlorus Fairchild, 1961
Chlorotabanus leuconotus Krolow & Henriques, 2010
Chlorotabanus mexicanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chlorotabanus microceratus Krolow & Henriques, 2010
Chlorotabanus ochreus Philip & Fairchild, 1956
Chlorotabanus parviceps (Kröber, 1934)

References

"Chlorotabanus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Chlorotabanus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

"Chlorotabanus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

Teskey, H. J. (1990). The horse flies and deer flies of Canada and Alaska (Diptera: Tabanidae). The Insects and Arachnids of Canada. Vol. 16. Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660132822. ISSN 0706-7313.
Burger, J. F. (1995). Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico. Associated Publishers. ISBN 978-1566650649.
Goodwin, J. T.; Drees, B. M. (1996). "The horse and deer flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of Texas". Southwestern Entomologist Supplement (20).
McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.