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Tabanus

Tabanus

9.9
A group of large biting flies like horseflies found in many places
  • proper noun
  • Specialized
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  • The farmer noticed several Tabanus buzzing around the cattle during the summer months.

Examples

  • They then dug deeper and, to their great surprise, found that the predator was "a large grablike insect larva, subsequently identified as that of the horsefly Tabanus punctifer."

    Academic text (1995)

  • Adult Scaphiopus, the spade-foot toad, might well on occasions have predatory access to the very Tabanus flies that, as larvae, preyed upon their conspecifics.

    Academic text (1995)

  • While hiking in the countryside, I was bitten by a Tabanus while resting near a pond.

  • Many horses are often plagued by Tabanus, especially in warmer climates.

Surface Forms

Tabanus main

Etymology

Tabanus as a genus name also comes from Latin Tabanus, meaning 'horsefly', because early naturalists used the old name for this group. That's why the scientific name Tabanus refers to the large, biting flies often found near water.