Therioplectes gigas

Therioplectes gigas
	Museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Genus:	Therioplectes
Species:	T. gigas
Binomial name
	Therioplectes gigas; (Herbst, 1787)
Synonyms
	Tabanus grossus Thunberg, 1827; Brachytomus ursus Costa, 1857; Tabanus albipes Fabricius, 1794; Tabanus ignotus Rossi, 1790;

Therioplectes gigas is horse fly in the family Tabanidae. The species was first described by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1787.^[2]

Distribution

This species is present in most of central and southern Europe.^[3]

Therioplectes gigas can reach a length of 22–23 millimetres (0.87–0.91 in).^[4]

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