Biology:Therioplectes gigas

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Short description: Species of fly

Therioplectes gigas
Tabanidae - Therioplectes gigas.JPG
Therioplectes gigas
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Therioplectes
Species:
T. gigas
Binomial name
Therioplectes gigas
(Herbst, 1787)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus gigas Herbst, 1787[1]
  • Tabanus grossus Thunberg, 1827[2]
  • Brachytomus ursus Costa, 1857[3]
  • Tabanus albipes Fabricius, 1794[4]
  • Tabanus ignotus Rossi, 1790[5]

Therioplectes gigas is horse fly in the family Tabanidae. The species was first described by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1787.[6][7]

Distribution

This species is present in most of Central and Southern Europe.[8]

Description

Therioplectes gigas can reach a length of 22–23 millimetres (0.87–0.91 in).[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Herbst, J.F.W. (1787). Kurze Einleitung zur Kenntniss der Insekten, fur Ungeubte und Anfanger. Vol. 3. Lange: Berlin & Stralsund. pp. 200 pp., pls. 54–87. 
  2. Thunberg, C.P. (1827). "Tabani septendecim novae species descriptae". Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis 9: 53–62. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19814#page/69/mode/1up. Retrieved 14 October 2022. 
  3. Costa, A. (1857). "Contribuzione alla fauna ditterologica italiana". Giambattista Vico, Gior. Sci. Napoli 2: 438–460. 
  4. Fabricius, J.C. (1794). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 4. Hafniae [=Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft. pp. [6] + 472 + [5] pp. 
  5. Rossi, Pietro (1790). Fauna Etrusca. Sistens insecta quae in provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit. 2. Liburni [=Livorno].: Masi. pp. 348 pp., 10 pls.. 
  6. Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue.". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements 7: 1–320. https://www.aemnp.eu/data/article-975/956-7_0_7.pdf. Retrieved 11 September 2022. 
  7. 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. 
  8. Fauna Europaea
  9. Parvu, C. "Genus Therioplectes Zeller, 1842 (Diptera, Tabanidae) in Romania, With the Mention of T. tunicatus (Szilady, 1927)".

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14366723 entry