Hybomitra aterrima

Hybomitra aterrima
	Hybomitra aterrima var. auripila. Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Tabaninae
Tribe:	Tabanini
Genus:	Hybomitra
Species:	H. aterrima
Binomial name
	Hybomitra aterrima; (Meigen, 1820)
Synonyms
	List Tabanus aterrima Meigen, 1820 ; Tabanus heydenianus Jaennicke, 1866 ; Therioplectes aterrimus var. jacobi Bouvier, 1945;

Hybomitra aterrima is a species of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.^[4]^[5]

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe (Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Spain and Switzerland).^[6]

Description

Hybomitra aterrima can reach a length of 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in).^[7]

The body is black and the wings are transparent, with a small dark patch at the base of the vein R4.^[7]^[8]

Face is black haired, with high antennal bows. Palpi are blackish with black hairs. The compound eyes are well-developed in both sexes. They have an iridescent light green pigmentation, with three blue-reddish transversal bands.^[7]^[8]

The Hybomitra aterrima var. auripila (Meigen) has the abdominal tergites more or less distinctly golden-yellow pubescent on posterior margins.^[8]

Biology

Males of these horse flies feed on plant juices, while female are bloodsuckers,^[7] feeding mainly on mammalian blood, as they require a blood meal before they are able to reproduce. They may be very annoying for cattle, but usually they do not bite people.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ Jaennicke, J.F. (1866). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Tabaniden Europa's". Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr. 10: 65–91. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
^ Catalogue of life
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Fauna europaea
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Insektenbox
^ ^a ^b ^c S. Krcmar et al.: Key to the horse flies fauna of Croatia (Diptera, Tabanidae)

External links

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Media related to Hybomitra aterrima at Wikimedia Commons
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[Meigen1820-1] Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[Jaennicke1866-2] Jaennicke, J.F. (1866). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Tabaniden Europa's". Berlin. Ent. Zeitschr. 10: 65–91. Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[3] Catalogue of life

[Chvála-4] 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.

[Moucha1976-5] 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.

[6] Fauna europaea

[box-7] Insektenbox

[Keys-8] S. Krcmar et al.: Key to the horse flies fauna of Croatia (Diptera, Tabanidae)

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