Tabanus quatuornotatus
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| Female of Tabanus quatuornotatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Genus: | Tabanus |
| Species: | T. quatuornotatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tabanus quatuornotatus Meigen, 1820
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Tabanus quatuornotatus is a species of biting horse-fly.[2]
Description[]
This species is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa. In particular it can be found, as well as in Europe, also in Russia, Transcaucasus, Middle Asia, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey and in Iran.[3][1]
Description[]
Tabanus quatuornotatus can reach a body length of about 15–18 mm. These medium sized hairy blood-sucking horse-flies shows hairy eyes with three purple eye bands. Antennae are entirely black. Palpi are short and oval, rounded at apex. Moreover frontal callus is squared and dull black. Also the upper part of subcallus is polished black. The abdomen is black and grey coloured.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c d Catalogue of life
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Fauna europaea
- ^ Rosemarie Abassian-Lintzen Tabanidae (Diptera) of Iran X. List, Keys and Distribution of Species occurring in Iran Annales de Parasitologie (Paris), t. 39, 1964
External links[]
Data related to Tabanus quatuornotatus at Wikispecies
Media related to Tabanus quatuornotatus at Wikimedia Commons- Biodiversidad Virtual
- Diptera.info
Categories:
- Tabanidae
- Brachyceran flies of Europe
- Insects described in 1820