Biology:Haematopota grandis

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Haematopota grandis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Haematopotini
Genus: Haematopota
Species:
H. grandis
Binomial name
Haematopota grandis
Meigen, 1820[1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus sangisuga Harris, 1776
  • Haematopota fraseri Austen, 1925[2]

Haematopota grandis is a species of Horse-fly. Its common name is the long-horned cleg.[3] It is native to Europe, where it is distributed in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark , France , Germany , Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Spain , Sweden, Switzerland , Ukraine , and all states of former Yugoslavia (except North Macedonia).[4][5][6]

Description and habitat

The species is 9–13 millimetres (0.35–0.51 in) long. Its habitat includes salt marshes.[7]

References

  1. Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45915#page/9/mode/1up. Retrieved 8 July 2022. 
  2. Austen, E.E. (1925). "A contribution to knowledge of the blood-sucking Diptera of the Dardanelles". Bulletin of Entomological Research 16: 1–23. 
  3. Haematopota grandis. Natural History Museum, London.
  4. "Haematopota grandis Meigen, 1820". Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=66325. 
  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. 
  6. 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. 
  7. "Haematopota grandiis Meigen, 1820". Wild Guide UK. http://www.wildguideuk.com/diptera_pages/horseflies/haematopota_grandis_female.html. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5638224 entry