Biting Flies

Biting Flies

Biting Fly Images All images © Steven Mihok 1999-2008 All rights reserved
Tsetse from Africa
**Glossina fuscipes The main vector of human sleeping sickness**	Glossina pallidipes A key vector of nagana in livestock
Adult male, laboratory colony IAEA 1986 strain, origin Central African Republic JPEG 400 x 300 pixels 19k	Wild adult female Shimba Hills, Kenya JPEG 400 x 300 pixels 19k
High-resolution close-up photos of many tsetse and other biting fly species are available for scientific use. Only a few representative images are provided here (click on thumbnails for 300 x 200 pixel images). Permission is hereby granted for non-profit use of all of the images on this web site, so long as the author is acknowledged. To obtain high-resolution images for commercial use contact: smihok@rogers.com
Canadian Tabanidae
*Hybomitra lasiopthalma* - Males There are very few high-quality photos of male tabanids, but these can be obtained by capturing flies on sticky panels set on the ground at certain times. When photos are taken of live specimens, eye colours and other details can be quite striking.
*Tabanus similis -* Images of many species of female tabanids are available on request, or can be arranged for at appropriate times of the year (see Russell for a list of species in my home area).
Reproduced on the Cover of the Bulletin of Entomological Research 2006, Volume 96, Issue 4

African Stomoxyinae	Stable flies
	Stomoxys niger bilineatus Female, Nairobi, Kenya A common species in East Africa in savannah areas with abundant wildlife. It overlaps extensively with the other subspecies S. niger niger, which is more often associated with livestock. Reproduced in black and white on the Cover of the Bulletin of Entomological Research 2002, Volume 92, Issue 5
Haematobia	H. irritans, H. spingera
Haematobosca	H. aurata, hirtifrons, latifrons, squalida
Prostomoxys	P. saegerae
Rhinomusca R. dutoiti	Female Nairobi, Kenya 9 mm
Stomoxys S. calcitrans	Female Nairobi, Kenya 7 mm
S. niger bilineatus	Female Nairobi, Kenya 8 mm
S. niger niger	Female Nairobi, Kenya 7 mm
S. boueti, inornatus, pallidus, taeniatus, taeniatus f. brunnipes, transvittatus, varipes
Stygeromyia	S. maculosa, sanguinaria

African Tabanidae	Horse Flies, Deer Flies, Clegs, etc.
	Tabanus taeniola Male, Nguruman, Kenya A common species throughout Africa. Males are rarely captured in traps. They are easily identified through their large eyes (touching in the middle of the "face"), as well as many other features.
Ancala A. africana	Females Quelimane, Mozambique 18 mm
A. fasciata
Atylotus A. agrestis	Female Nguruman, Kenya 12 mm
A. fuscipes	Female Quelimane, Mozambique 12 mm
Chrysops	C. brucei, longicornis
Euancala	E. maculatissima
Haematopota	H. brunnipes, hirta, vulnerans
Neavella	N. producticornis
Philoliche P. elongata	Females Nguruman, Kenya 22 mm
P. acutilpalpis, distincta, makueni, sagitarria, zonata
Tabanus	T. atrimanus, biguttatus, coniformis, conspicuous, fraternus, gratus, impurus, insignis, leucostomus, par, secedens, taeniola, thoracinus

Glossinidae

Tsetse Flies

Glossina fuscipes 18k

Glossina fuscipes
Mating pair from laboratory colony

High-resolution close-ups of individual flies and/or composite images at various angles are available for the tsetse species listed below.

	Savannah group G. austeni, morsitans centralis, morsitans morsitans, morsitans submorsitans, pallidipes, swynnertoni
	Riverine group G. fuscipes, palpalis gambiensis, tachinoides
	Forest group G. brevipalpis, longipennis


		Updated 06-Jan-2008