Merycomyia whitneyi
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysopsinae |
| Tribe: | Bouvieromyiini |
| Genus: | Merycomyia |
| Species: | M. whitneyi
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Merycomyia whitneyi is a species of deer flies in the family Tabanidae.[3][4] Larvae are known as sandworms and can be used as fish bait.[5]
Distribution
References
- ^ a b Johnson, C. W. (1904). "Some notes, and descriptions of four new Diptera". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 11. Cambridge Entomological Club: 15–20. doi:10.1155/1904/24303. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ a b Hine, J. S (1912). "Five new species of North American Tabanidae" (PDF). The Ohio Naturalist. 12: 513–516. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
- ^ Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology. 1 (1). Associated Publishers: 1–100.
- ^ Philip, Cornelius B.; Weems, Howard V.; Fairchild, G. B. (1973). "Notes on Eastern Nearctic Haematopota, Merycomyia, and Chrysops, and Description of Male of C. zinzalus (Diptera: Tabanidae)". The Florida Entomologist. 56 (4): 339–346. doi:10.2307/3493816. ISSN 0015-4040. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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