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title: "Striped Horse Fly"
description: "Tabanus lineola — Insectos y arañas. Tabanus lineola, also known as the striped horse fly, is a species of biting horse-fly."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/striped-horse-fly
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Striped Horse Fly

> Tabanus lineola — Insectos y arañas. Tabanus lineola, also known as the striped horse fly, is a species of biting horse-fly.

- Scientific name: *Tabanus lineola*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9489
- Wikidata: [Q7672901](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7672901)
- iNaturalist taxon: [120354](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/120354)

## Names

- en: Striped Horse Fly

## Countries with the most observations

US (783), CA (33), MX (12)

## Summary

Tabanus lineola, also known as the striped horse fly, is a species of biting horse-fly. It is known from the eastern coast of North America and the Gulf coast of Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabanus_lineola

## Photo

![Striped Horse Fly](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/striped-horse-fly/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ryan · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/399345446

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/striped-horse-fly?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).