Haematopota grandis

Haematopota grandis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Tabaninae
Tribe:	Haematopotini
Genus:	Haematopota
Species:	H. grandis
Binomial name
	Haematopota grandis; Meigen, 1820
Synonyms
	Tabanus sangisuga Harris, 1776; Haematopota fraseri Austen, 1925;

Haematopota grandis is a species of Horse-fly. Its common name is the long-horned cleg.^[3] It is native to Europe, where it is distributed in Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, and all states of former Yugoslavia (except North Macedonia).^[4]^[5]^[6]

Description and habitat

The species is 9–13 millimetres (0.35–0.51 in) long. Its habitat includes salt marshes.^[7]

^ Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ Austen, E.E. (1925). "A contribution to knowledge of the blood-sucking Diptera of the Dardanelles". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 16: 1–23.
^ Haematopota grandis. Natural History Museum, London.
^ "Haematopota grandis Meigen, 1820". 2.5. Fauna Europaea. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on August 19, 2014. Retrieved February 8, 2013.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "Haematopota grandiis Meigen, 1820". Wild Guide UK. Retrieved February 8, 2013.

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