Seven new australian species of the southern hemisphere horse fly subgenus scaptia (pseudoscione) (diptera: Tabanidae), including descriptions and a revised key

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2012

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Lessard, Bryan
Yeates, David K.

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Entomological Society of America

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Horse flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) are ecologically important pollinators and vectors of many disease-causing organisms, as adult females are known to mechanically transfer multiple disease agents during feeding affecting humans, livestock, and many native

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Keywords: animal; article; Australia; classification; comparative study; Diptera; female; histology; male; species difference; Animals; Australia; Diptera; Female; Male; Species Specificity; Diptera; Mammalia; Pangoniinae; Scaptia; Scionini; Tabanidae; Tabanus atra Copidapha; morphology; Pangoniinae; Scionini; taxonomy

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Journal of Medical Entomology

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Journal article

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