Tabanus

See also: tabanus

Translingual

Tabanus bovinus, female

Etymology

From Latin tabānus (“gadfly, horsefly”).

Proper noun

Tabanus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tabanidae – over 1,300 species of bloodsucking flies, including gadflies, horseflies, and breezeflies, the females of many of which are capable of inflicting a severe and painful bite; in some species, said to transmit trypanosomes.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Tabanomorpha - infraorder; Tabanidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Tabanus bovinus - species

References

• Tabanus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tabanus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Tabanus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tabanus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.