Tabanus
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See also: tabanus
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin tabānus (“gadfly, horsefly”).
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
- (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[edit]
- (genus): Tabanus bovinus - species
References[edit]
Tabanus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Tabanus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Tabanus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Tabanus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
