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Tabanidae
Latreille, 1802
- horse flies, deerflies, and clegs
(fly)
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Tabanoidea (Superfamily)
..Athericidae (Family)
..Austroleptidae (Family)
..Oreoleptidae (Family)
..Rhagionidae (Family)
..Spaniidae (Family)
..Tabanidae (Family) - horse flies, deerflies, and clegs
....Agkistrocerus (Genus)
....Anacimas (Genus)
....Apatolestes (Genus)
....Asaphomyia (Genus)
....Atylotus (Genus)
....Bolbodimyia (Genus)
....Bouvieromyia (Genus)
....Brennania (Genus)
....Chlorotabanus (Genus)
....Chrysopinae (Subfamily)
....Chrysozona (Genus)
....Diachlorus (Genus)
....Esenbeckia (Genus)
....Goniops (Genus)
....Haematopota (Genus)
....Hamatabanus (Genus)
....Heptatoma (Genus)
....Hybomitra (Genus)
....Leucotabanus (Genus)
....Merycomyia (Genus)
....Microtabanus (Genus)
....Neochrysops (Genus)
....Pangoniinae (Subfamily)
....Pegasomyia (Genus)
....Scaptia (Genus)
....Scepsidinae (Subfamily)
....Silvius (Genus)
....Stenotabanus (Genus)
....Stonemyia (Genus)
....Tabaninae (Subfamily)
....Whitneyomyia (Genus)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
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(Phylum)
Arthropoda
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(Class)
Insecta
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(Order)
Diptera
Subsequent entries
Tabanus
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Current position
Tabanoidea
(Superfamily)
Latreille, 1802
Ref:
P.L.Th. Beuk, 2002
: 18.
Alternative positions
Diptera
(Order)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Tabanomorpha
(Infraorder)
Hennig, 1948
Ref:
F.C. Thompson, [1996]-2008
: 20 Jul 2006.
Historical positions
Tabanomorpha
(Infraorder)
Hennig, 1948
Ref:
F.C. Thompson, [1996]-2008
: 20 Jul 2006.
Tabanoidea
(Superfamily)
Latreille, 1802
Ref:
P.L.Th. Beuk, 2002
: 18.
Tabanoidea
(Superfamily)
Latreille, 1802
Ref:
D.J. Bickel, 1982
: 574-575.
Brachycera
(Suborder)
Zetterstedt, 1842
Ref:
T.I. Storer et al., 1979
: 601.
Orthorhapha
([unranked])
Ref:
B. Grzimek, 1973-1975
Number of Subtaxa
2025
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
29g;28s; ‡1s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
4sf130g>3000s
1982
D.J. Bickel
: 575
4sf130g>3000s
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21 Sep 2025