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Parent Taxon

• Tabanidae

Sibling Taxa

• Acanthocera
• Agelanius
• Anacimas
• Bolbodimyia
• Catachlorops
• Chasmia
• Chlorotabanus
• Cryptotylus
• Cydistomorpha
• Cydistomyia
• Dasybasis
• Dasychela
• Diachlorus
• Dichelacera
• Dicladocera
• Erioneura
• Eristalotabanus
• Holcopsis
• Lepiselaga
• Leptapha
• Leucotabanus
• Limata
• Microtabanus
• Pachyschelomyia
• Phaeotabanus
• Philipomyia
• Philipotabanus
• Pseudacanthocera
• Querbetia
• Selasoma
• Spilotabanus
• Stenotabanus
• Stibasoma
• Stypommisa
• Teskeyellus
• Udenocera

Child Taxa

• Dasybasis acutipalpis
• Dasybasis bratrankii
• Dasybasis circumdata
• Dasybasis difficilis
• Dasybasis dixoni
• Dasybasis edentula
• Dasybasis froggatti
• Dasybasis gentilis
• Dasybasis gregaria
• Dasybasis hebes
• Dasybasis innotata
• Dasybasis loewi
• Dasybasis microdonta
• Dasybasis neocirrus
• Dasybasis neolatifrons
• Dasybasis nigripes
• Dasybasis opla
• Dasybasis postponens
• Dasybasis rieki
• Dasybasis sarpa
• Dasybasis spadix
• Dasybasis testaceomaculata
• Dasybasis thereviformis
• Dasybasis transversa
• Dasybasis truncata
• Dasybasis vetusta
• Dasybasis viridis

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