Tabanus sulcifrons

{{Short description|Species of fly}}

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| genus = Tabanus

| species = sulcifrons

| authority = Macquart, 1855{{cite book |last1=Macquart |first1=P.J.M. |title=Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. 5.e supplément |date=1855 |publisher=Roret |location=Paris |pages=5–136}}

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| synonyms = *Tabanus fulcifrons Macquart, 1855

  • Tabanus exul Osten Sacken, 1878
  • Tabanus tectus Osten Sacken, 1876{{cite journal |last1=Osten Sacken |first1=C.R. |title=Prodrome of a monograph of the Tabanidae of the United States. Part II. The genus Tabanus |journal=Memoirs (Boston Society of Natural History) |date=1876 |volume=2 |pages=421–479 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38015#page/5/mode/1up |access-date=7 July 2022}}

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Tabanus sulcifrons is a species of horse fly in 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 | title = Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico | date = 1995 | last1 = Burger | first1 = J. F. |journal=International Contributions on Entomology|volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=1–100| publisher = Associated Publishers }} widely distributed throughout the eastern half of the United States and adjacent regions of southern Canada.

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Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Tabanus sulcifrons:

  • Tabanus sulcifrons sulcifrons Macquart, 1855
  • Tabanus sulcifrons variegatus Fabricius, 1805{{cite book |last1=Fabricius |first1=Johann Christian |title=Systema antliatorum secundum ordines, genera, species |date=1805 |publisher=Apud Carolum Reichard |location=Bransvigae |pages=i-xiv, 1–373| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53432#page/9/mode/1up |access-date=5 June 2020}}

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