Therioplectes gigas

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Therioplectes gigas
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Therioplectes gigas
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Therioplectes
Species:
T. gigas
Binomial name
Therioplectes gigas
(Herbst, 1787) [1]
Synonyms

Therioplectes gigas is horse fly in the family Tabanidae. The species was first described by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1787. [6] [7]

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Distribution

This species is present in most of Central and Southern Europe. [8]

Description

Therioplectes gigas can reach a length of 22–23 millimetres (0.87–0.91 in). [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 Herbst, J.F.W. (1787). Kurze Einleitung zur Kenntniss der Insekten, fur Ungeubte und Anfanger. Vol. 3. Lange: Berlin & Stralsund. pp. 200 pp., pls. 54–87.
  2. ↑ Thunberg, C.P. (1827). "Tabani septendecim novae species descriptae". Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 9: 53–62. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. ↑ Costa, A. (1857). "Contribuzione alla fauna ditterologica italiana". Giambattista Vico, Gior. Sci. Napoli. 2: 438–460.
  4. ↑ Fabricius, J.C. (1794). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 4. Hafniae [=Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft. pp. [6] + 472 + [5] pp.
  5. ↑ Rossi, Pietro (1790). Fauna Etrusca. Sistens insecta quae in provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit. Vol. 2. Liburni [=Livorno].: Masi. pp. 348 pp., 10 pls.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  9. ↑ Parvu, C. "Genus Therioplectes Zeller, 1842 (Diptera, Tabanidae) in Romania, With the Mention of T. tunicatus (Szilady, 1927)".


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