Biology:Scaptia lata
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Short description: Species of fly
| Scaptia lata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Genus: | Scaptia |
| Species: | S. lata
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| Binomial name | |
| Scaptia lata (Guérin-Méneville, 1835)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tabanus lata Guérin-Méneville, 1835 | |
Scaptia lata, the coliguacho or black horse fly, is a large horse fly whose range includes southern Chile and southern Argentina .[1][2] The fly has a striking reddish-orange coloration on the side of its thorax and abdomen. It is generally around 2 cm. in adult size.
Like most species of horse flies, the females of Scaptia lata need to feed on mammalian blood before they can produce eggs.[3]
References
- ↑ "Horse Fly from Patagonia". What's That Bug. 3 January 2009. http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/01/03/horse-fly-from-patagonia/. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ "Tábano - Coliguacho (Colihuacho)". Pucón Chile. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110707012101/http://www.pucononline.cl/articulo.php?p_id=108. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ González, C. R.; Sanhueza, Y. (2004). "Comparative study of mouthparts of the female of three species of Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker from Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae).". Acta Entomológica Chilena (Instituto de Entomología) 28 (1): 23–31. ISSN 0716-5072. OCLC 487184759.
Wikidata ☰ Q7430200 entry
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