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Haematopota
Haematopota is a genus of fly in the horse-fly family, Tabanidae. Among the horse-flies, they are most commonly known as clegs. Many species have colorful, patterned eyes in life, a character that fades after death. The genus is named from the Ancient Greek for blood-drinker: αἷμα, haîma, blood; πότης, pótës, drinker.
The genus contains the following species:
- Haematopota americana Osten Sacken, 1875
- Haematopota bigoti Gobert, 1880 – big-spotted cleg
- Haematopota champlaini (Philip, 1953)
- Haematopota crassicornis Wahlberg, 1848 – black-horned cleg
- Haematopota grandis Meigen, 1820 – long-horned cleg
- Haematopota italica Meigen, 1804 – Italian cleg
- Haematopota pluvialis ( Linnaeus 1758) – notch-horned cleg
- Haematopota pseudolusitanica
- Haematopota punctulata Macquart, 1838
- Haematopota rara Johnson, 1912
- Haematopota subcylindrica Pandellé, 1883 – Levels cleg
- Haematopota willistoni (Philip, 1953)