''Dasybasis gentilis'' is a
deer fly
Deer flies (also known in some parts of the mid-Atlantic United States as sheep flies) are bloodsucking insects considered pests to humans and cattle. They are large flies with large brightly-coloured compound eyes, and large clear wings with da ...
in the family
Tabanidae
Horse-flies or horseflies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. They are often large and agile in flight, and only the female horseflies bite animals, including humans, to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in su ...
.
Distribution
Australia
References
Tabanidae
Diptera of Australasia
Insects described in 1842
Taxa named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson
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