Chrysops Meigen, 1803
(deerflies)

Chrysops (deerflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Chrysops (deerflies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

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Chrysops sepulcralis
Black Deerfly
Species 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusChrysops (deerflies)
FamilyTABANIDAE (horseflies, deerflies, gad flies, stouts, clegs, horsefly)
SuperfamilyTABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)
InfraorderTabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysops (deerflies)

Chrysops (deerflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Chrysops (deerflies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 89 images of Chrysops (deerflies)

Distinguished from other horseflies by the strong markings on the wings and the beautiful bright or bronzy green eyes.

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