Tabanus autumnalis
Tabanus autumnalis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tabanidae |
Genus: | Tabanus |
Species: | T. autumnalis
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Binomial name | |
Tabanus autumnalis Linnaeus, 1761
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Synonyms | |
Tabanus autumnalis, the large marsh horsefly, is a medium-sized species of biting horse-fly. It is somewhat scarce compared to T. bromius and T. bovinus. This species shows slightly more of a preference for coastal marsh than some of the other European Tabanus, sometime even found in saltmashes. Wing length is 13–16 mm and about 16–22 mm in body length.[1]
References[]
- ^ Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
Categories:
- Tabanidae
- Brachyceran flies of Europe
- Insects described in 1761
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Tabanoidea stubs