Tabanus cordiger
| Tabanus cordiger | |
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| Tabanus cordiger female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Subfamily: | Tabaninae |
| Tribe: | Tabanini |
| Genus: | Tabanus |
| Species: | T. cordiger |
| Binomial name | |
| Tabanus cordiger | |
| Synonyms | |
Tabanus cordiger also known as the plain-eyed grey horsefly is a species of biting horse-fly.[4][5][6][7]
Description
[edit]Diagnostic characters include: Abdomen: dorsal side with a lateral line of light spots placed between the midline and the lateral edge of the tergites, so that on the black background you can see five light longitudinal lines: one median, two lateral, and two marginal, separated from each other by four black lines . Antennae: third segment with a blunt or short tooth. Wing: hyaline costal cell. Eyes without colour bands. Male: back of the eye area widely exposed, especially near the ocellar tubercle, bristling with a fringe of long hairs. Palps: second segment swollen. Female: back of the eye area slightly wider; back of the eye area slightly wider; space between the eyes 3.5 times longer than wide in front; middle plate bare, isolated. -- Length 12-17 mm. [8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- 1 2 Jaennicke, J.F. (1866). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Tabaniden Europa's". Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr. 10: 65–91. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ↑ Egger, Johann (1859). "Dipterologische Beitrage". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 9: 387–407. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ↑ Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
- ↑ Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ↑ Chvála, Milan; Lyneborg, Leif; Moucha, Josef (1972). The Horse Flies of Europe (Diptera, Tabanidae). Copenhagen: Entomological Society of Copenhagen. pp. 598pp, 164figs. ISBN 978-09-00-84857-5.
- ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
- ↑ Seguy, E. 1927 Faune de France 13: Diptères (Brachycères) (Stratiomyiidæ, Erianidæ, Cænomyiidæ, Rhagionidæ, Tabanidæ, Codidæ, Nemestrinidæ, Mydaidæ, Romoyiidæ, Therevidæ, Omphralidæ) Lechevalier editions (Paris: Éditions Faune de France)
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