Hybomitra caucasica
Appearance
Hybomitra caucasica | |
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Hybomitra caucasica. Male | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Tabanidae |
Subfamily: | Tabaninae |
Tribe: | Tabanini |
Genus: | Hybomitra |
Species: | H. caucasica
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Binomial name | |
Hybomitra caucasica | |
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Hybomitra caucasica is a species of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.[6][7]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This species can be found in most of Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Poland and Romania) and in the Near East.[8] These horse flies prefer mountainous regions.
Description
[edit]Hybomitra caucasica can reach a length of 15 millimetres (0.59 in).The body is black and the wings are transparent. The compound eyes are well developed in both sexes.
Biology
[edit]Adults can be found from June to August. Males feed on nectar and plant juices, while females are bloodsuckers, feeding mainly on mammalian blood, as they require a blood meal before they are able to reproduce.
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- ^ Philip, C.B. (1956). "Records of horseflies in Northeast Asia". Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology. 7: 221–230.
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- ^ Szilády, Zoltán (1914). "Neue oder wenig bekannte paläarktische Tabaniden". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 12: 661–673. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. Catalogue of Life
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fauna Europaea