Haematopota 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 : 213

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3761958
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3804947
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scientific name	Haematopota Meigen, 1803
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IV. Genus Haematopota Meigen, 1803 View in CoL View at ENA

1803. Haematopota Meigen, Magazin Insekt Kude View in CoL , 2: 67.

Type species: Tabanus pluvialis Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL .

Diagnosis: Generally small and slender flies of brownish to blackish grey in colour; eyes with several wavy bands in live condition; frons with velvety black spot on each side above the frontal callus and often a mid-frontal spot above these; picture wing pattern i.e. dark wing with pattern of pale spots; mid tibiae and hind tibiae often with pale rings.