Horsefly - Horsefly

Japanese: アブ科 - あぶか
Horsefly - Horsefly

…Therefore, some insects called horseflies are flies, and conversely, some insects called flies include horseflies and mosquitoes, so their taxonomic positions do not necessarily match. If we had to say, horseflies can refer to the family Tabanidae itself, or to insects belonging to the group Scutellaria in the order Diptera. There are more than 3,000 species of the Tabanidae (horse flies and deer flies) recorded worldwide, and more than 80 species in Japan. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Tamagoda family" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…したがって,アブと呼ばれる昆虫の中にはハエもあり,逆にハエと呼ばれている昆虫にはアブやカの仲間も含まれており,必ずしもその分類学的位置とは一致しない。しいていえば,アブにはアブ科そのものを指す場合と,双翅目短角亜目直縫群に属する昆虫の総称の場合とがある。アブ科Tabanidae(英名horse fly∥deer fly)は,世界で3000種以上,日本からは80種以上記録されている。…

※「アブ科」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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