The horse flies, deer flies, and yellow flies of Florida (Diptera: Tabanidae): A checklist and illustrated keys

A current checklist of the species of Tabanidae known to occur and possibly occurring in Florida includes three subfamilies with the following genera. Pangoniinae: Asaphomyia Stone. Chrysopsinae: Merycomia Hine; Chrysops Meigen. Tabaninae: Agkistrocerus Philip; Anacimas Enderlein; Chlorotabanus Lutz; Diachlorus Osten Sacken; Haematopota Meigen; Hamatabanus Philip; Hybomitra Enderlein; Leucotabanus Lutz; Microtabanus Fairchild; Stenotabanus (Aegialomyia) Philip; Tabanus Linnaeus; Whitneyomyia Bequaert. Illustrated keys for females are provided to subfamilies, genera, and species of each genus. Individual species pages usually show four views of each taxon: dorsal habitus, lateral habitus, frontal view of head, and a lateral view of head. A county distribution map is shown for each confirmed Florida species and distribution data by State is listed for each species that is known to occur or possibly occurs in Florida.

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