Tabanidae
An estimated 4,000 species of
this fly family are distributed
throughout the world.
Nearly all are blood feeders
as adults,
but many are also
important
pollinators of flowers.
While you may think that
all we need to know is how to
control them, our current knowledge
has lagged behind that of other families
of flies, and few people study the systematics
of this incredibly diverse and morphologically difficult group.
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