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''Tabanus sulcifrons'' is a species of
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 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 ...
, widely distributed throughout the eastern half of the
United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
and adjacent regions of southern Canada.


Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species ''Tabanus sulcifrons'': * ''Tabanus sulcifrons sulcifrons'' Macquart, 1855 * ''Tabanus sulcifrons variegatus'' Fabricius, 1805


References

Tabanidae Insects described in 1855 Diptera of North America Taxa named by Pierre-Justin-Marie Macquart {{tabanoidea-stub