Pangoniinae

Pangoniinae
Pangonius sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Infraorder: Tabanomorpha
Superfamily: Tabanoidea
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Pangoniinae
Loew, 1860[1]
Tribes

Pangoniinae is a subfamily of horse-flies in the order Diptera, containing at seven tribes and over 40 genera.[2][3]

Insects in this subfamily are distinguished from other Tabanidae by possession of ocelli and the antennal flagellum usually has eight rings.[4]

  1. ^ Loew, H. (1860). Die Dipteren-Fauna Sudafrika's. Erste Abtheilung. Berlin: G. Bosselmann. pp. xi + 330. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lessard2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Colless, D.H.; McAlpine, D.K. (1991). The Insects of Australia. Volume 2 (2 ed.). CSIRO. pp. 754–755. ISBN 978-0-522-84638-6.