Hybomitra lurida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Hybomitra
Species:
H. lurida
Binomial name
Hybomitra lurida
(Fallén, 1817)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus luridus Fallén, 1817[1]
  • Tabanus puncitfrons Wahlberg, 1848[2]
  • Tabanus depressa Walker, 1848[3]
  • Tabanus inscitus Walker, 1848[3]
  • Tabanus comes Walker, 1849[4]
  • Tabanus hirticeps Loew, 1858[5]
  • Tabanus metabolus McDunnough, 1922
  • Hybomitra lurida var. sordida Olsufiev, 1977

Hybomitra lurida is a species of horse-fly in the family Tabanidae. It is found across central and Northern Europe and Asia.[6][7][8][9][10] It is a large fly, between 12–15 millimetres long.

The grown flies fly in summer, from May to June. They prefer open landscapes, in forests and mountains. Usually, they stay around cattle.

References

  1. 1 2 Fallén, C.F. (1817). Tabani et Xylophagei Sveciae. Lundae [=Lund]: Berlingianis. p. 14.
  2. ↑ Wahlberg, P.F. (1848). "Nya Diptera". Ofvers. K. VetenskAkad. Forh. Stockh. 5: 198–201.
  3. 1 2 Walker, F. (1848). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1. London: British Museum. pp. 1–229.
  4. ↑ Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London: British Museum. pp. [3] + 689-1172 + [2]. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Loew, H. (1858). "Beschreibung einiger japanischen Dipteren". Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift. 2: 100–112. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Hybomitra lurida (Fallen, 1817)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Verrall, G. H. (1909). Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies. Vol. 5. London: Gurney and Jackson. pp. 780, 34 p., 407 fig. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
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