''Scaptia'' is a

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horse-fly Horse flies and deer flies are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect Order (biology), order Diptera. The adults are often large and agile in flight. Only females bite land vertebrates, including humans, to hematophagy, obtain blood ...

in the tribe Scionini.

Species

*'' Scaptia abdominalis'' (Ricardo, 1917) *'' Scaptia alpina'' Mackerras, 1960 *'' Scaptia arnhemensis'' Lessard, 2012 *'' Scaptia auranticula'' Mackerras, 1960 *'' Scaptia aurata'' ( Macquart, 1838) *'' Scaptia aureovestita'' (Ferguson & Henry, 1920) *'' Scaptia auriflua'' (

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, 1805) *'' Scaptia aurifulga'' Lessard, 2011 *'' Scaptia aurinigra'' Lessard, 2013 *'' Scaptia aurinotum'' Mackerras, 1960 *'' Scaptia barbara'' Mackerras, 1960 *'' Scaptia berylensis'' (Ricardo, 1915) *''

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'' Lessard, 2011 *'' Scaptia bifasciata'' ( Enderlein, 1922) *'' Scaptia binotata'' Latreille, 1811 *'' Scaptia brevirostris'' ( Macquart, 1850) *'' Scaptia divisa'' (

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, 1850) *'' Scaptia fulgida'' (Ferguson & Henry, 1920) *'' Scaptia hardyi'' Mackerras, 1960 *'' Scaptia jacksonii'' ( Macquart, 1838) *'' Scaptia jaksoniensis'' ( Guerin, 1831) *'' Scaptia minuscula'' Mackerras, 1960 *'' Scaptia monticola'' Mackerras, 1960 *'' Scaptia norrisi'' Mackerras, 1960 *'' Scaptia orba'' Mackerras, 1960 *'' Scaptia patula'' (

, 1848) *'' Scaptia plana'' (

, 1848) *'' Scaptia pulchra'' (Ricardo, 1915) *'' Scaptia similis'' Mackerras, 1960 *'' Scaptia testacea'' ( Macquart, 1838) *'' Scaptia tricolor'' (

, 1848)

References

Tabanidae Tabanoidea genera Diptera of South America Diptera of Australasia {{Tabanoidea-stub