Tabanus autumnalis

Tabanus autumnalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Tabanidae
Subfamily:	Tabaninae
Tribe:	Tabanini
Genus:	Tabanus
Species:	T. autumnalis
Binomial name
Tabanus autumnalis Linnaeus, 1761 [1]
Synonyms
Tabanus brunnescens Szilady, 1914 [2] Tabanus molestans Becker, 1914 [3]

Tabanus autumnalis, the large marsh horsefly, is a medium-sized species of biting horse-fly. It is somewhat scarce compared to T. bromius and T. bovinus . This species shows slightly more of a preference for coastal marsh than some of the other European Tabanus, sometime even found in saltmashes. Wing length is 13–16 mm and about 16–22 mm in body length. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

References

1. Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae ... Ed. 12 (revised.) Vol. 1 (2). Holmiae [= Stockholm]: L.Salvii. pp. 533-1327 + [37] pp.
2. Szilády, Zoltán (1914). "Neue oder wenig bekannte paläarktische Tabaniden". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 12: 661–673. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
3. Becker, T.; Stein, P. (1913). "Dipteren aus Marokko". Ezhegodnik Zoologicheskago Museya Imperatorskoi Akademiia Nauk, St. Petersburg. 18: 62–95.
4. Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN   1-899935-04-5.
5. 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.
6. 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.