Dasyrhamphis umbrinus

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Dasyrhamphis umbrinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Diachlorini
Genus: Dasyrhamphis
Species:
D. umbrinus
Binomial name
Dasyrhamphis umbrinus
(Meigen, 1820) [1]
Synonyms

Dasyrhamphis umbrinus is a species of horse fly, a fly in the family Tabanidae, native to Europe and near East Asia. [2]

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Distribution

This species is present in Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, European Turkey, Greece, Italy, Republic of North Macedonia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia and Romania) and in the Near East. [3]

Description

Dasyrhamphis umbrinus can reach a body length of about 11–14.5 mm (0.43–0.57 in). These 'horse flies' are mostly blackish, with clear showing a distinct dark brown spot close to the middle of the anterior margin and near the base of discal cell. Eyes shows a microscopical pubescence. Frontal calli are well-developed. The 3rd antennal segment is slender and less developed. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ Stjepan Krčmarl, Davorka Hackenberger, Branimir K. Hackenberger Key to the horse flies fauna of Croatia (Diptera, Tabanidae) Periodicum Biologorum 113:5-33
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