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Chrysops (deerflies)

Genus of biting flies with 80 North American species characterized by a splotched wing pattern. Species include vectors of Francisella tularensis in the USA & Loa loa in West Africa.

Related

Francisella tularensis

Specific

Chrysops dimidiatus Chrysops discalis Chrysops silaceus

General

tabanidae (deer fly)

Properties

KINGDOM: animal PHYLUM: arthropod ORGANISM-CLASS: INSECTA ORDER: diptera FAMILY: tabanidae GENUS: Chrysops (deerflies)

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 26th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1995