Chrysops relictus Meigen, 1820
(Twin-lobed Deerfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesChrysops relictus (Twin-lobed Deerfly)
GenusChrysops (deerflies)
FamilyTABANIDAE (horseflies, deerflies, gad flies, stouts, clegs, horsefly)
SuperfamilyTABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)
InfraorderTabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Chrysops relictus (Twin-lobed Deerfly) :
1: Chrysops relictus (Twin-lobed Deerfly)
23 Jul 2013 OSGR: SZ08 50° 40’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
buzzing around me
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - eyes - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Chrysops relictus (Twin-lobed Deerfly)
11 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Male - lateral viewImage 4: Male - ventral view
3: Chrysops relictus (Twin-lobed Deerfly)
11 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 4: Female - lateral viewImage 5: Female - ventral view
4: Chrysops relictus (Twin-lobed Deerfly)
22 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view (2)Image 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 4: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 5: Female - lateral viewImage 6: Female - ventral view
5: Chrysops relictus (Twin-lobed Deerfly)
16 Aug 1997 OSGR: SS78 51° 30’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: Glam (VC 41) Wales
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 3: Female - dorsal view - wings apart (2)Image 4: Female - lateral view

Chrysops relictus (Twin-lobed Deerfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Chrysops relictus (Twin-lobed Deerfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Chrysops relictus (Twin-lobed Deerfly)
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