Tabanus quatuornotatus

Tabanus quatuornotatus
	Female of Tabanus quatuornotatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Tabaninae
Tribe:	Tabanini
Genus:	Tabanus
Species:	T. quatuornotatus
Binomial name
	Tabanus quatuornotatus; Meigen 1820
Synonyms
	Atylotus quatuornotatus var. cherbottae Muschamp, 1939; Dasystypia labaumeanus Enderlein, 1925; Tabanus quatuornotatus ssp. araxis Olsufiev, 1972;

Tabanus quatuornotatus is a species of biting horse-fly.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]^[6]

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.^[7]

References

^ Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
^ Enderlein, G. (1925). "Studien an blutsaugenden Insekten I. Grundlagen eines neuen Systems der Tabaniden". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologische Museum. 11: 255–409.
^ 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
^ Catalogue of life
^ 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

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[Meigen1820-1] Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.

[Enderlein1925-2] Enderlein, G. (1925). "Studien an blutsaugenden Insekten I. Grundlagen eines neuen Systems der Tabaniden". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologische Museum. 11: 255–409.

[Moucha1976-3] 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-4] 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.

[5] Fauna europaea

[cata-6] Catalogue of life

[7] Rosemarie Abassian-Lintzen Tabanidae (Diptera) of Iran X. List, Keys and Distribution of Species occurring in Iran Annales de Parasitologie (Paris), t. 39, 1964

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