Family Tabanidae

Bodenheimer (Animal Life in Palestine, 1935) has this to say:
Tabanid flies are common from spring to autumn. The most frequent species are the green-eyed Chrysopa punctifera and the grey Haematopa sewelli. Both are absent in the hills. The latter is apparently double-brooded, flying in May and October. A great number of species of the large genus Tabanus is known. Many of them as T. lunatus, T. autumnalis, T. leleani are quite common, but only during a very short season. T. arenivagus is restricted to the dunes of the coast.
The females attack horses, cows, even passengers in moving motorcars, etc. The males visit umbels, resting at noon in shady places. They develop in moist soil or water. The author found a Tabanid larva in Palestine in a warm spring flowing into lake Tiberis. They surely go through their larval development during the rainy season.

From Wikipedia:
Horse flies (family Tabanidae) are among the world's largest flies. These flies are often considered pests because of the painful bites that many, though not all, of the species can inflict on animals and humans. They are also important pollinators of flowers, especially in South Africa. Tabanids occur worldwide, being absent only at extreme northern and southern latitudes. Flies of this type are among those known sometimes as "gadflies", "zimbs" or "clegs."
There are approximately 3,000 species of horse flies known worldwide, 350 of which are found in North America. At least three subfamilies are recognised.

Species	Reference source	Collection
Haematopota coronata Austen, 1908	Theodor, 1965	Bet Dagan
Haematopota grandis Meigen, 1820	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Haematopota innominata Austen, 1920	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965	Bet Dagan
Haematopota minuscula Austen, 1920	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Haematopota minuscularia Austen, 1920	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Haematopota sewelli Austen, 1920	Bodenheimer, 1937	Bet Dagan

Tribe: Tabanini

Species	Reference source	Collection
Atylotus pulchellus (Loew, 1858)	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Dasyrhamphis nigritus (Fabricius, 1794)	Bodenheimer, 1937
Dasyrhamphis umbrinus (Meigen, 1820)	Bodenheimer, 1937	Bet Dagan
Hybomitra decora (Loew, 1858)	Bodenheimer, 1937	Bet Dagan
Tabanus accensus Austen, 1920	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Tabanus agnitionalis Austen, 1922	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Tabanus agrestis Wiedemann, 1828	Theodor, 1965
Tabanus albifacies Loew, 1856	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Tabanus arenivagus Austen, 1920	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965 Braverman et al. 1995
Tabanus autumnalis brunnescens Szilady, 1914	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965	Bet Dagan
Tabanus cuspidatus Austen, 1924	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965	Bet Dagan
Tabanus decorus Loew, 1858	Theodor, 1965
Tabanus farinosus Szilady, 1915	Theodor, 1965
Tabanus insecutor Austen, 1920	Theodor, 1965
Tabanus leleani Austen, 1920	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Tabanus lunatus Fabricius, 1794	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965	Bet Dagan
Tabanus mendicus Villeneuve, 1912	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Tabanus nemoralis Meigen, 1820	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Tabanus pallidipes Austen, 1920	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Tabanus regularis rufus Szilady, 1923	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Tabanus rupinae Austen, 1920	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965
Tabanus sufis Jaennicke,1867	Bodenheimer, 1937 Theodor, 1965	Bet Dagan
Tabanus tinctus Walker, 1850	Theodor, 1965
Tabanus tunicatus Szilady, 1927	Theodor, 1965
Tabanus umbrinus Meigen, 1820	Theodor, 1965
Therioplectes gigas (Herbst, 1787)	Bodenheimer, 1937	Bet Dagan

REJECTED

Species	Reference source	Collection
Tabanus eggeri Schiner, 1868	Bodenheimer, 1937
Tabanus gratus Loew, 1858	Bodenheimer, 1937
Tabanus kertesci Szilady	Bodenheimer, 1937

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