Tabanus sudeticus

Tabanus sudeticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Genus:	Tabanus
Species:	T. sudeticus
Binomial name
	Tabanus sudeticus; Zeller, 1842

Tabanus sudeticus also known as the dark giant horsefly is a species of biting horse-fly.^[1] It is the heaviest fly in Europe.^[2]

Female T. sudeticus

It is found in many countries of western Europe and has a marked northern and western distribution; being found as far north as southern Norway and the Western Isles of Scotland, and with an occasional record from Belarus^[3]

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.
^ "Check out this massive fly". Naturenet. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
^ "Dark Giant Horse Fly Tabanus sudeticus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

Female; Detail of head

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[1] 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.

[2] "Check out this massive fly". Naturenet. Retrieved 25 August 2020.

[3] "Dark Giant Horse Fly Tabanus sudeticus". iNaturalist. Retrieved 10 June 2020.

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