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''Scepsis'' is a genus of
horseflies 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 sun ...
of the family Tabanidae.


Species

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Scepsis appendiculata Scepsis or Skepsis ( grc, Σκῆψις or Σκέψις) was an ancient settlement in the Troad, Asia Minor that is at the present site of the village of Kurşunlutepe, near the town of Bayramiç in Turkey. The settlement is notable for being t ...
'' ( Macquart, 1840)


References

Tabanidae Tabanoidea genera Diptera of South America Taxa named by Francis Walker (entomologist) {{Tabanoidea-stub