Diptera

(Mosquitoes & Flies)

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Synonyms:  Tabanus americanus
                   Tabanus niger
                   Tabanus validus

[1952 McGregor &
          Schomberg]

1967 Ginrich & Hoffman

1973 Thompson
1974a Thompson
1974b Thompson
1976 Thompson
1977 Thompson
1977 Thompson Blume Aga

1978 Thompson
1978a Thompson
1978 Thompson & Krauter
1978 Thompson et al.

1987 Drees

1996 Goodwin & Drees

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-larvae in mud at margins of streams, ponds and lakes, in crevices of decaying logs and beneath bark of decaying trees, also in roadside ditches and barrow pits (Goodwin & Drees 1996)