Tabanus miki
| Tabanus miki | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Subfamily: | Tabaninae |
| Tribe: | Tabanini |
| Genus: | Tabanus |
| Species: | T. miki |
| Binomial name | |
| Tabanus miki | |
| Synonyms | |
Tabanus miki also known as the plain-eyed brown horsefly is a species of biting horse-fly.[3][4][5]
Description
[edit]A grey fly, with little lateral reddish colour. It has the following diagnostic characters.Head: Upper facets of eyes distinctly larger than lower facets, vertex with black hairs, third antenna! segment mostly black, reddish near base, , broader than first segment and mostly black, reddish near base. Abdomen:oblique lateral spots which are large and blurred and more conspicuous than the median triangles (may be reddish), scutellum with pale hairs.10-16 mm. It is similar to Tabanus bromius but the postocular rim is broader and the ocellar tubercle is smaller than in bromius. [6]
Distribution
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Brauer, F. (1880). "Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. I." Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien. 42: 105–216, pls. 1-6. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ↑ Kröber, O. (1936). "Einiger griechische Tabaniden". Acta Inst. Mus. Zool. Athen. 1: 33–49.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London.
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