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Tabanidae

   March Flies, Horse Flies. A well studied family because of its medical significance. They have large eyes and a strong proboscis and labella. Most Australian species suck blood, but a few are flower feeders. In Europe and N. America the term March fly applies to the Bibionidae.    [243 Aust species]

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References:

Insects of Australia (Chapter 39: Diptera)

D.H. Colless and D.K. McAlpine

CSIRO, Division of Entomology

1137pp (2 volumes), Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1999.

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