''Parosca'' 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 ...
in 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 ...
.
Species
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Parosca latipalpis''
( Macquart, 1850)
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Parosca subulipalpis''
( Enderlein, 1929)
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Parosca viridiventris''
( Macquart, 1838)
References
Tabanidae
Brachycera genera
Diptera of South America
Taxa named by Günther Enderlein
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