Osca lata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tabanidae |
Subfamily: | Pangoniinae |
Tribe: | Scionini |
Genus: | Osca |
Species: | O. lata
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Binomial name | |
Osca lata (
Guérin-Méneville, 1835)
[1]
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Synonyms | |
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Osca lata, the coliguacho or black horse fly, is a large horse fly whose range includes southern Chile and southern Argentina. [4] [5] [6] 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. [7]
Like most species of horse flies, the females of Scaptia lata need to feed on mammalian blood before they can produce eggs. [8] [9]
Osca lata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tabanidae |
Subfamily: | Pangoniinae |
Tribe: | Scionini |
Genus: | Osca |
Species: | O. lata
|
Binomial name | |
Osca lata (
Guérin-Méneville, 1835)
[1]
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Osca lata, the coliguacho or black horse fly, is a large horse fly whose range includes southern Chile and southern Argentina. [4] [5] [6] 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. [7]
Like most species of horse flies, the females of Scaptia lata need to feed on mammalian blood before they can produce eggs. [8] [9]