Tabanus

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Latin tabānus (“gadfly, horsefly”). === Proper noun === Tabanus m A taxonomic genus within the family Tabanidae – over 1,300 species of bloodsucking flies, including gadflies, horseflies, and breezeflies, the females of many of which are capable of inflicting a severe and painful bite; in some species, said to transmit trypanosomes. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Diptera – order; Brachycera – suborder; Tabanomorpha – infraorder; Tabanidae – family ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Tabanus bovinus - species === References === Tabanus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Tabanus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Tabanus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Tabanus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.