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Chrysops [krī′sŏps′, krĭs′ŏps′] n.
- A genus of biting flies, including the deer fly species and others that transmit diseases to humans and animals.
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He named it chrysops, or “gold eye,” owing to the golden hue of the iris.
James Alexander Henshall
Indeed, Leiper has recently determined that a species of Chrysops transfers the blood parasite Filaria diurna.
Handbook of Medical Entomology
William Albert Riley