''Acanthocera'' is a genus of
flies
Flies are insects of the Order (biology), order Diptera, the name being derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek δι- ''di-'' "two", and πτερόν ''pteron'' "wing". Insects of this order use only a single pair of wings to fly, the hindwin ...
belonging to the family
Tabanidae
Horse flies and deer flies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. The adults are often large and agile in flight. Only females bite land vertebrates, including humans, to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunli ...
.
The species of this genus are found in
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
.
Species
*''
Acanthocera anacantha''
Lutz & Neiva, 1915
*''
Acanthocera aureoscutellata''
Henriques & Rafael, 1992
*''
Acanthocera bequaerti''
(Fairchild Fairchild may refer to:
Organizations
* Fairchild Aerial Surveys, operated in cooperation with a subsidiary of Fairey Aviation Company
* Fairchild Camera and Instrument
* List of Sherman Fairchild companies, "Fairchild" companies
* Fairchild ...
, 1964)
*''
Acanthocera bicincta''
Henriques & Rafael, 1992
*''
Acanthocera coarctata''
( Wiedemann, 1828)
*''
Acanthocera distincta''
Henriques & Rafael, 1995
*''
Acanthocera exstincta''
( Wiedemann, 1828)
*''
Acanthocera fairchildi''
Henriques & Rafael, 1992
*''
Acanthocera gorayebi''
Henriques & Rafael, 1992
*''
Acanthocera inopinatus''
(Fairchild Fairchild may refer to:
Organizations
* Fairchild Aerial Surveys, operated in cooperation with a subsidiary of Fairey Aviation Company
* Fairchild Camera and Instrument
* List of Sherman Fairchild companies, "Fairchild" companies
* Fairchild ...
, 1972)
*''
Acanthocera intermedia''
Lutz, 1915
*''
Acanthocera kroberi''
Fairchild Fairchild may refer to:
Organizations
* Fairchild Aerial Surveys, operated in cooperation with a subsidiary of Fairey Aviation Company
* Fairchild Camera and Instrument
* List of Sherman Fairchild companies, "Fairchild" companies
* Fairchild ...
, 1939
*''
Acanthocera longicornis''
(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1775)
*''
Acanthocera lutzi''
( Enderlein, 1922)
*''
Acanthocera marginalis''
Walker
Walker or The Walker may refer to:
People
*Walker (given name)
*Walker (surname)
*Walker (Brazilian footballer) (born 1982), Brazilian footballer
Places
In the United States
*Walker, Arizona, in Yavapai County
*Walker, Mono County, California
* ...
, 1854
*''
Acanthocera polistiformis''
Fairchild Fairchild may refer to:
Organizations
* Fairchild Aerial Surveys, operated in cooperation with a subsidiary of Fairey Aviation Company
* Fairchild Camera and Instrument
* List of Sherman Fairchild companies, "Fairchild" companies
* Fairchild ...
, 1961
*''
Acanthocera quinquecincta''
Lutz, 1915
*''
Acanthocera vespiformis''
Burger, 2002
References
Tabanidae
Taxa named by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart
Diptera of South America
Tabanoidea genera
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