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Species of fly
Merycomyia whitneyi is a species of deer flies in the family
Tabanidae .
[3]
[4] Larvae are known as sandworms and can be used as
fish bait .
[5]
Distribution
Canada ,
United States
References
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a
b Johnson, C. W. (1904).
"Some notes, and descriptions of four new Diptera" . Psyche: A Journal of Entomology . 11 . Cambridge Entomological Club: 15–20.
doi :
10.1155/1904/24303 . Retrieved 4 December 2015 .
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a
b Hine, J. S (1912).
"Five new species of North American Tabanidae" (PDF) . The Ohio Naturalist . 12 : 513–516. Retrieved 4 December 2015 .
^ 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 .
^ Burger, J. F. (1995). "Catalog of Tabanidae (Diptera) in North America north of Mexico". International Contributions on Entomology . 1 (1). Associated Publishers: 1–100.
^ Philip, Cornelius B.; Weems, Howard V.; Fairchild, G. B. (1973).
"Notes on Eastern Nearctic Haematopota, Merycomyia, and Chrysops, and Description of Male of C. zinzalus (Diptera: Tabanidae)" . The Florida Entomologist . 56 (4): 339–346.
doi :
10.2307/3493816 .
ISSN
0015-4040 . Retrieved 19 November 2022 .