deer flies

Chrysops

Summary 7

Deer flies (also known as yellow flies, or stouts in Atlantic Canada) are flies in the genus Chrysops of the family Tabanidae that can be pests to cattle, horses, and humans. A distinguishing characteristic of a deer fly is patterned gold or green eyes.

Statistics of barcoding coverage 8

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:1772
Specimens with Sequences:1721
Specimens with Barcodes:1678
Species:48
Species With Barcodes:47
Public Records:1060
Public Species:20
Public BINs:24

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Thomas Bresson, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/36519414@N00/3826264191
  2. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/SDL-Chrysops-viduatus-00003.jpg
  3. (c) Chris Moody, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3112/2724924586_4249c6ed95.jpg
  4. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/SDL-Chrysops-viduatus-00006.jpg
  5. (c) Biopix, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.biopix.com/photos/SDL-Chrysops-viduatus-00005.jpg
  6. (c) Valter Jacinto, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3667/8947926764_f6e410ce71_o.jpg
  7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysops
  8. (c) Barcode of Life Data Systems, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/31574299

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