| Hybomitra aterrima | |
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| Hybomitra aterrima var. auripila. Female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Subfamily: | Tabaninae |
| Tribe: | Tabanini |
| Genus: | Hybomitra |
| Species: | H. aterrima |
| Binomial name | |
| Hybomitra aterrima | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
Hybomitra aterrima is a species of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. [4] [5]
This species can be found in most of Europe (Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Spain and Switzerland). [6]
Hybomitra aterrima can reach a length of 13–16 millimetres (0.51–0.63 in). [7]
The body is black and the wings are transparent, with a small dark patch at the base of the vein R4. [7] [8]
Face is black haired, with high antennal bows. Palpi are blackish with black hairs. The compound eyes are well-developed in both sexes. They have an iridescent light green pigmentation, with three blue-reddish transversal bands. [7] [8]
The Hybomitra aterrima var. auripila (Meigen) has the abdominal tergites more or less distinctly golden-yellow pubescent on posterior margins. [8]
Males of these horse flies feed on plant juices, while female are bloodsuckers, [7] feeding mainly on mammalian blood, as they require a blood meal before they are able to reproduce. They may be very annoying for cattle, but usually they do not bite people. [7]
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