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Tabanus taeniola
Tabanus taeniola is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae.
From the article Tabanus taeniola on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
Originally described as Tabanus taeniola in 1806 by Palisot de Beauvois from a specimen collected in Nigeria. Afrotropical and Palearctic, widespread in Africa penetrating the Palearctic to the East Mediterranean coast through Egypt, Cyprus and the Levant eastwards to Saudi Arabia. Regular migrant in the Levant and Cyprus.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Known hosts in Europe and the Levant are horses, donkeys, camels, dogs, and men, in Africa—horses and cattle. In Africa this species is an important vector for Trypanosoma parasites causing the disease called surra. Surra is a major disease in camels, equines, cattle, and dogs, in which it can often be fatal.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Blood feeding hosts and veterinary relevance”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 323570.