Tabanidae of Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains 1: a ...
Tabanidae of Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains 1: a ...
Tabanidae of Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains 1: a ...
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Chrysops aestuans Van der Wulp<br />
Length 8-10mm. A black and gray/pale yellow species with a very narrow apical spot.<br />
There are differences in leg and ventral abdominal color between <strong>the</strong> disjunct <strong>east</strong>ern and<br />
western populations, with <strong>the</strong> <strong>east</strong>ern populations mostly black and <strong>the</strong> western ones<br />
extensively yellow. East <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Great Lakes C. aestuans is associated with large bodies <strong>of</strong><br />
water; in <strong>the</strong> west with several types <strong>of</strong> wet habitats (Teskey 1990).<br />
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Variations. Abdomen plate. Face plate. Distribution map.<br />
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