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Tabanidae

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Field Notes

Description:

An stylised kind of Tabanidae Pale brown thorax with black lines, brown abdomen with a black centred line and black edges, red eyes.

Habitat:

Spotted at Manado area, Sulawesi.

Notes:

Horse-flies or horseflies (for other names, see common names) are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera.
Females bite animals, including humans, to obtain enough protein from blood to produce eggs.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Tabanoidea
Family: Tabanidae

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