Hybomitra lurida

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Hybomitra lurida
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Hybomitra
Species:
H. lurida
Binomial name
Hybomitra lurida
(Fallén, 1817) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus luridus Fallén, 1817 [1]
  • Tabanus puncitfrons Wahlberg, 1848 [2]
  • Tabanus depressa Walker, 1848 [3]
  • Tabanus inscitus Walker, 1848 [3]
  • Tabanus comes Walker, 1849 [4]
  • Tabanus hirticeps Loew, 1858 [5]
  • Tabanus metabolusMcDunnough, 1922
  • Hybomitra lurida var. sordidaOlsufiev, 1977

Hybomitra lurida is a species of horse-fly in the family Tabanidae. It is found across central and Northern Europe, Asia, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Canada, Alaska and portions of the contiguous United States. [11]

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Description

It is a large fly, between 12 and 15 millimetres long. [11] [12] : 172  The subcallus is bare and there are yellow spots on the abdominal tergites. [12] : 36, 172–175 

Habitat

The grown flies fly in summer, from May to the beginning of August in Canada. [11] They prefer open landscapes, in forests and mountains. Usually, they stay around cattle.[ citation needed ]

Larval habitats include wetlands such as sphagnum bogs. [11]

Conservation

H. lurida is listed as a species of special conservation concern in Connecticut. [13]

References

  1. 1 2 Fallén, C.F. (1817). Tabani et Xylophagei Sveciae (in Latin). Lundae [=Lund]: Berlingianis. p. 14. pp. 5–6, no. 4
  2. ↑ Wahlberg, P.F. (1848). "Nya Diptera". Ofvers. K. VetenskAkad. Forh. Stockh. 5: 198–201.
  3. 1 2 Walker, F. (1848). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1. London: British Museum. pp. 1–229.
  4. ↑ Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London: British Museum. pp. [3] + 689-1172 + [2]. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Loew, H. (1858). "Beschreibung einiger japanischen Dipteren". Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift. 2: 100–112. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Hybomitra lurida (Fallen, 1817)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Verrall, G. H. (1909). Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies. Vol. 5. London: Gurney and Jackson. pp. 780, 34 p., 407 fig. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  8. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN   1-899935-04-5.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. 1 2 3 4 Teskey, H.J. (1990). The Horse Flies and Deer Flies of Canada and Alaska, Diptera: Tabanidae. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 16. Agriculture Canada. pp. 18, 215–216. ISBN   0-660-13282-6.
  12. 1 2 Thomas, Anthony W. (13 February 2011). "Tabanidae of Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains 2: A Photographic Key to the Genera and Species of Tabanidae (Diptera: Tabanidae)". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 13. doi: 10.3752/cjai.2011.13 .
  13. ↑ Bureau of Natural Resources (2015). "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015" (PDF). State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Retrieved 6 January 2026.


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