Hybomitra montana

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Hybomitra montana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Hybomitra
Species:
H. montana
Binomial name
Hybomitra montana
(Meigen, 1820) [1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus montana Meigen, 1820 [1]
  • Tabanus flaviceps Zetterstedt, 1842 [2]
  • Tabanus braueri Villeneuve, 1908
  • Therioplectes montana var. immaculiventris Kröber, 1923 [3]
  • Therioplectes montanus var. bezzii Surcouf, 1924
  • Therioplectes borealis var. bimaculata Enderlein, 1925 [4]
  • Therioplectes sachalinensis Enderlein, 1925 [4]
  • Stypommia ochotscana Enderlein, 1934 [5]
  • Sziladynus calluneticola Kröber, 1935 [6]
  • Tabanus montanus f. obscuraOlsufiev, 1937
  • Tabanus karatschajensisSkufi'n, 1938 [7]
  • Sziladynus montanus var. alpicolaMuschamp, 1939
  • Tabanus ainoKono & Takahasi, 1939
  • Hybomitra manchuriensisPhilip, 1956

Hybomitra montana, the slender-horned horsefly, is a species of horse flies in the family Tabanidae. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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Description

Hybomitra montana can reach a length of 12.5–16 millimetres (0.49–0.63 in). The body is black, the hairy abdomen is yellow with black stripes and the wings are brownish but transparent. The compound eyes are well developed in both sexes. They have bright blue-green eyes, with transversal red bands.

Adult horse flies can be found in July and August. Males of this species feed on plant juices, while female are bloodsuckers. The females have a high fecundity. They can lay about 500 eggs at an oviposition. The larvae pass through 10–13 instars and the full life-cycle lasts 3–5 years. This horsefly may cause appreciable damages on stock farms.

Distribution

This species can be found in most of Europe and in the eastern Palearctic realm. [8]

Habitat

These horseflies live in various open landscapes, from mountains to peatlands and salt marshes.

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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. ↑ Zetterstedt, J.W. (1842). Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus primus. Lundae [= Lund.].: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. iii-xvi + 1–440. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Kröber, O. (1923). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis palaerktischer Tabaniden. (II. Teil: Die Untergattung Therioplectes Zell. nebst Bemerkungen zu den mir bekannt gewordenen Bigot'schen Tabaniden-Typen der Kollektionen Mr. Collin's in Newmarket)". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 89A (12): 55–118.
  4. 1 2 Enderlein, G. (1925). "Studien an blutsaugenden Insekten I. Grundlagen eines neuen Systems der Tabaniden". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologische Museum. 11: 255–409.
  5. ↑ Enderlein, G. (1934). "Dipterologica. II". Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin. 1934: 181–190.
  6. ↑ Kröber, O. (1935). "Eine neue deutsche Tabanidae". verh. Ver. naturw. Heimatf. Hamburg. 24: 159–160.
  7. ↑ Skufjin, K.V. (1938). "K izucheniu fauny slepnei Voronezhskoi oblasti". Izvestiia Voronezhskogo Gosudarstvennogo Pedagogicheskogo Instituta. 2: 73–80.
  8. 1 2 "Hybomitra montana (Meigen, 1820)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ 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.


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