Diptera-Two Winged Flies (Tabanids) Flashcards
“Horse flies”
Tabanids
“Deer flies”
Chrysops spp
Which sex feeds on blood
Females
Hosts of tabanids and Chrysops spp
Large domestic animals
Humans
Where do tabanids and chyrsops spp bite host
Underside of abdomen
Legs
Neck
Withers
Habitat of tabanids and chrysops spp
Outdoors
Active in early AM/late afternoon
How to ID Tabanus spp
Large heavy bodied flies
Powerful wings
Large eyes
“Arnold Schwartzenegger” of Dipterans
How to ID Chrysops spp
Medium sized fles
Powerful wings that are banded
Yellow/brown colored
Female mouthparts of tabanids and chrysops spp
-Mouthparts similar to
Blade like mouthparts
Scirror blade action w/maxilla and mandible
Similar to Simulium spp
mportance of tabanids and chrysops
Reasons for production losses in 1976 because they are a nuisance and transmit diseases
Horse fliies and deer flies are IM hosts for
Trypanosoma (protozoan)
Kia kia abd E, schneideri (filarial parasite)
Horse flies and deer flies are vectors for
Anaplasma marginale (ricjettsial agent)
Anthrax (Bacillus anthracis)
Tykarenua (Francisella tularensis)
Equine infectious anemia
Life cycle of deer flies and horse flies
Complex metamorphosis
- Tabanids are voracious predators throughout LC
- Chrysops are vegetarians are vegetarians in beginning of LC
T/F Horse and deer flies are mechanical vectors
T
Dirty mouthparts
Zoonotic
NO
