Tabanus taeniola
Tabanus taeniola is a species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae.
Distribution
Originally described as Tabanus taeniola in 1806 by Palisot de Beauvois from a specimen collected in Nigeria. Afrotropical and Palearctic, widespread in Africa penetrating the Palearctic to the East Mediterranean coast through Egypt, Cyprus and the Levant eastwards to Saudi Arabia. Regular migrant in the Levant and Cyprus.
Known hosts in Europe and the Levant are horses, donkeys, camels, dogs, and men, in Africa—horses and cattle. In Africa this species is an important vector for Trypanosoma parasites causing the disease called surra. Surra is a major disease in camels, equines, cattle, and dogs, in which it can often be fatal.