Lifestyles in freshwater include free-living crawling/swimming (Culicidae, Simulidae); those that are buried underneath rocks or sediment (Tabanidae); and those that dwell inside silk tubes that they have spun and attached to submerged rocks or plants (Chironomidae).    From Wordnik.com.  [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference

There are many cases where a single pollinator is responsible for pollinating many species of plants, for example long-tongued flies (Tabanidae and Nemestrinidae) are the exclusive pollinators of many genera of petaloid monocots as well as Pelargonium and Erica; a butterfly is the exclusive pollinator of a phylogenetically disparate group of red-flowered and autumn-flowering species; hopliine (monkey) beetle pollination has evolved convergently in many genera, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lowland fynbos and renosterveld] Reference

Horseflies are big, hairy flies, classified under the family Tabanidae of insects.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Any of various flies, especially of the family Tabanidae, that bite or annoy livestock and other animals.    From Wordnik.com.  [BlueOregon] Reference

For several days now, as I have been taking my dog for a walk around a pond at the local state park, I have been assaulted by a deer fly (family Tabanidae).    From Wordnik.com.  [Reconnect With Nature Blog] Reference

Family: Tabanidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Kamikaze Fly] Reference