| Tabanus nigrovittatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Genus: | Tabanus |
| Species: | T. nigrovittatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tabanus nigrovittatus Macquart, 1847 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Tabanus allynii Marten, 1883 |
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Tabanus nigrovittatus, also known as the greenhead horse fly or the salt marsh greenhead, is a species of biting horse-fly commonly found around coastal marshes of the Eastern United States. The biting females are a considerable pest to both humans and animals while they seek a source of blood protein to produce additional eggs. Females live for three to four weeks and may lay about 100 to 200 eggs per blood meal.[1]