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Haematopota

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Haematopota is a genus of flies in the horse-fly family, Tabanidae. Among the horse-flies, they are most commonly known as clegs. Many species have colorful, sinuously patterned eyes in life, a character that fades after death. The wings are typically patterned with spots of grey. The genus is named from the Ancient Greek for blood-drinker: αἷμα, haîma, blood; πότης, pótës, drinker. Some species are known to be vectors of livestock diseases. The genus has more than 500 species mainly in the Old World tropics which include: Haematopota americana Osten Sacken, 1875 Haematopota bigoti Gobert, 1880 – big-spotted cleg Haematopota champlaini (Philip, 1953) Haematopota crassicornis Wahlberg, 1848 – black-horned cleg Haematopota grandis Meigen, 1820 – long-horned cleg Haematopota italica Meigen,…

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