Genus Tabanus Linnaeus

Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758: 601 . Type-species: Tabanus bovinus Linnaeus, 1758: 601 . See Chvála (1988) for full generic synonymy.

Diagnosis. Medium-sized to large species with head broad (not convex or concave anteriorly and/or posteriorly), if convex anteriorly, R4 lacking appendix (except T. leucostomus), if concave posteriorly not strongly convex anteriorly; frontal calli in females usually well developed, lower callus filling at least 3/4 width of frons; R4 with or without appendix, basicosta densely and entirely covered with dark hairs.