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Catachlorops

Catachlorops is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.

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Catachlorops
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Diachlorini
Genus: Catachlorops
Lutz, 19091
Type species
Dichelacera fuscipennis
Macquart, 18472

Catachlorops is a genus of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.34

Species

  • Catachlorops alcis (Williston, 1896)5
  • Catachlorops alphus Wilkerson, 19796
  • Catachlorops amazonicus Loureiro Henriques & Gorayeb, 1999
  • Catachlorops auripilis (Philip, 1960)7
  • Catachlorops bahianus Fairchild, 19408
  • Catachlorops balachowskyi Fairchild, 19709
  • Catachlorops balioptera Gorayeb, 1991
  • Catachlorops beameri (Philip, 1958)10
  • Catachlorops bicolor (Kröber, 1931)11
  • Catachlorops bindai Rafael, Gorayeb & Rosa, 1992
  • Catachlorops bogotanus (Enderlein, 1922)12
  • Catachlorops borgmeieri Lane, 1936
  • Catachlorops capreolus (Wiedemann, 1828)13
  • Catachlorops carrerai Barretto, 194614
  • Catachlorops circumfusus (Wiedemann, 1830)15
  • Catachlorops conspicuus (Lutz & Neiva, 1914)
  • Catachlorops dalmeidai Pechuman, 1946
  • Catachlorops difficilis (Kröber, 1931)16
  • Catachlorops ecuadoriensis (Enderlein, 1925)17
  • Catachlorops ferrugineus (Barretto, 1948)18
  • Catachlorops flavus (Wiedemann, 1828)13
  • Catachlorops fonsecai Barretto, 194614
  • Catachlorops fortunensis Fairchild, 198619
  • Catachlorops fulmineus (Hine, 1920)20
  • Catachlorops fumipennis Kröber, 193121
  • Catachlorops furcatus (Wiedemann, 1828)13
  • Catachlorops fuscinervis (Macquart, 1838)22
  • Catachlorops fuscivittatus (Barretto, 1948)18
  • Catachlorops halteratus Kröber, 193121
  • Catachlorops immaculatus (Macquart, 1838)23
  • Catachlorops lanei Barretto, 194614
  • Catachlorops leptogaster Barretto, 194614
  • Catachlorops lineatus Burger, 199924
  • Catachlorops luctuosus (Macquart, 1838)23
  • Catachlorops maculatus Burger, 199924
  • Catachlorops medemi Philip, 197025
  • Catachlorops mellosus Loureiro Henriques & Gorayeb, 1999
  • Catachlorops muscosus (Enderlein, 1922)12
  • Catachlorops nebulosus Kröber, 193121
  • Catachlorops niger (Kröber, 1931)26
  • Catachlorops nigripalpis (Macquart, 1846)27
  • Catachlorops nigriventer Barretto, 194614
  • Catachlorops overali Fairchild & Rafael, 198528
  • Catachlorops pechumani (Barretto, 1948)18
  • Catachlorops phaeopterus (Barretto, 1948)18
  • Catachlorops plagiatus (Brèthes, 1910)29
  • Catachlorops potator (Wiedemann, 1828)13
  • Catachlorops praetereuns (Walker, 1850)30
  • Catachlorops psolopterus (Wiedemann, 1828)13
  • Catachlorops quadrimaculatus (Macquart, 1846)27
  • Catachlorops rubiginosus (Summers, 1911)
  • Catachlorops rufescens (Fabricius, 1805)31
  • Catachlorops rufipennis (Macquart, 1838)23
  • Catachlorops rufithorax (Walker, 1848)32
  • Catachlorops scurrus (Fairchild, 1958)33
  • Catachlorops scutellatus (Macquart, 1838)22
  • Catachlorops siculus Wilkerson, 19796
  • Catachlorops striatus Burger, 199924
  • Catachlorops testaceus (Macquart, 1846)27
  • Catachlorops therioplectiformis Kröber, 193121
  • Catachlorops umbratus (Hine, 1920)20
  • Catachlorops unicolor (Lutz, 1912)34
  • Catachlorops vespertinus (Bequaert & Renjifo-Salcedo, 1946)35
  • Catachlorops victoria (Fairchild, 1940)8
  • Catachlorops zikani Barretto, 194614
References

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