Tabanus
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See also: tabanus
Translingual
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Tabanus.bovinus.female.jpg/220px-Tabanus.bovinus.female.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Latin tabānus (“gadfly, horsefly”).
Proper noun
[edit]Tabanus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Tabanidae – over 1,300 species of bloodsucking flies, including gadflies, horseflies, and breezeflies, the females of many of which are capable of inflicting a severe and painful bite; in some species, said to transmit trypanosomes.
Hypernyms
[edit]- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Tabanomorpha - infraorder; Tabanidae - family
Hyponyms
[edit]- (genus): Tabanus bovinus - species
References
[edit]Tabanus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Tabanus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Tabanus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Tabanus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.