Chrysops Meigen, 1803

Maity, Aniruddha, Naskar, Atanu, Homechaudhuri, Sumit & Banerjee, Dhriti, 2020, Taxonomic Accounts With Notes On Spatial Diversity And Relative Abundance Pattern Of Horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) From Sonamukhi Protected Forest Area Of West Bengal, India, Munis Entomology & Zoology 15 (1), pp. 200-225 : 210

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3761958
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3804893
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scientific name	Chrysops Meigen, 1803
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I. Genus Chrysops Meigen, 1803 View in CoL View at ENA

1803. Chrysops Meigen, Mag. Insekten Kude View in CoL , 2: 267.

Type species: Tabanus caecutiens Linnaeus, 1761 View in CoL

Diagnosis: Varies from small to moderately long in size (5.5-12.5 mm in length), usually bright yellow to black coloured species. Callus usually transverse with three functional ocelli. Scape and pedicel much longer and scape in most often swollen. Proboscis long. Wings infuscated in irregular fashion or with dark cross band, Sc vein bare, r5 and m2 cells open widely. Abdomen with specific yellow and black patterns or yellowish or dark stripes, spots or triangles.