Hybomitra muehlfeldi

Hybomitra muehlfeldi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Hybomitra
Species:
H. muehlfeldi
Binomial name
Hybomitra muehlfeldi
(Brauer, 1880)[1]
Synonyms
  • Therioplectes muehlfeldi Brauer, 1880[1]
  • Therioplectes montanus var. sunorus Surcouf, 1924

Hybomitra muehlfeldi is a species of horse flies belonging to the family Tabanidae. It is a Palearctic species with a limited distribution in Europe.[2][3][4][5]

The body length of the imago is 11–16.5 mm. In females, the eyes have three stripes and are covered with brown-gray hairs. In males, the lower ommatidia are smaller than the upper ones. The frontal stripe between the eyes is narrow. The third segment of the antenna is reddish-brown, with a black tip. The notopleura are dark brown. The primary color of the femora is black-gray, and the tibiae are yellow-brown. The abdomen is dark with yellowish-brown spots on the sides of the first three tergites. The rear edge of the tergites has faint grey triangular spots, which may fade in older individuals. The abdominal sternites are yellow-brown. There is a black spot in the middle of the second sternite. The last three sternites are black-grey. It is similar to Hybomitra ciureai. [6] [7]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ "Hybomitra muehlfeldi (Brauer, 1880)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Lutta A. S. , Bykova Kh. I. Horseflies (family Tabanidae) of the European North of the USSR Executive editor A. S. Lutta.- Leningrad : Science , 1982.- pp.115-119.— 184p.
  7. ↑ Violovich HA Horseflies of Siberia edited by A. I. Cherepanov .- Novosibirsk: Science , 1968.- P.146-147.— 281p.
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