Scepsis (fly)

{{Short description|Genus of flies}}

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| taxon = Scepsis (fly)

| authority = Walker, 1850{{cite book |last1=Walker |first1=F. |title=Diptera. Part I, pp. 1-76, pls. 1-2. In [Saunders, W. W. (ed.)], Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed insects in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. Vol. 1 |date=1850 |publisher=Van Voorst |location=London |pages=474}}

| type_species = Scepsis nivalis

| type_species_authority = Walker, 1850

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Scepsis is a genus of horseflies of the family Tabanidae.{{cite journal |last1=Moucha |first1=J. |title=Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue. |journal=Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements |date=1976 |volume=7 |pages=1–320 |url=https://www.aemnp.eu/data/article-975/956-7_0_7.pdf |access-date=11 September 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Fairchild |first1=G.B. |last2=Burger |first2=J.F. |title=A catalog of the Tabanidae (Diptera) of the Americas south of the United States |journal=Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute |date=1994 |volume=55 |pages=vii + 249}}

Species

  • Scepsis appendiculata (Macquart, 1840){{cite book |last1=Macquart |first1=P.J.M. |title=Diptères exotiques nouveauxou peu connus. Tome deuxieme.--1er partie. |date=1840 |publisher=Roret |location=Paris |pages=135 pp., 21 pls.}}

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