Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Tabanidae (Clegs, deer flies, horse flies)

Haematopota crassicornis Wahlberg, 1848

Dickfühler-Regenbremse Black-horned Cleg

Synonyms and other combinations:

Chrysozona flavopilosa Krober, 1922 | Haematopota globulifera Schummel, 1837 | Haematopota griseopunctata Olsufjev, 1977 |

  • Haematopota cf. crassicornis, male 671
    Haematopota crassicornis Wahlberg, 1848  Dickfühler-Regenbremse  Black-horned Cleg 
    Haematopota cf. crassicornis, male, det. Theo Zeegers
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-07-12 10:55:39
    Image number: 671
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-07-12 10:55:39
    det. Theo Zeegers
  • Haematopota cf. crassicornis, male 672
    Haematopota crassicornis Wahlberg, 1848  Dickfühler-Regenbremse  Black-horned Cleg 
    Haematopota cf. crassicornis, male, det. Theo Zeegers
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-07-12 10:54:25
    Image number: 672
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-07-12 10:54:25
    det. Theo Zeegers
  • Haematopota cf. crassicornis, male 673
    Haematopota crassicornis Wahlberg, 1848  Dickfühler-Regenbremse  Black-horned Cleg 
    Haematopota cf. crassicornis, male, det. Theo Zeegers
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2009-07-12 10:53:31
    Image number: 673
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2009-07-12 10:53:31
    det. Theo Zeegers

Classification:
Haematopota crassicornis belongs to the subfamily Tabaninae.
Distribution:
Europe, Russia (to West Siberia), Middle Asia.
Habitat:
Moist woodland, frequent in mountainous regions.
Description:
Body length 7.5 - 11.5 mm; wings patterned, laid together like a roof in resting position; 1st antennal segment shiny black, broad oval, in the females without sub-apical notch; 3rd antennal segment completely black.
Biology:
The Black-horned Cleg Haematopota crassicornis flies from May to July mostly in the area of acidic swamps at mountain slopes.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Pape T. & Thompson F.C. (eds) (2017). Systema Dipterorum (version 2.0, Jan 2011). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2017 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2017. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. E. Völlger, M. Jeremies: Bestimmungsschlüssel für mitteleuropäische Bremsen (Dipt., Tabanidae), Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 29, 1985/1, 1-11.
  3. Stjepan Krčmar, Davorka K. Hackenberger, Branimir K. Hackenberger: Key to the horse flies fauna of Croatia (Diptera, Tabanidae); Periodicum Biologorum, Vol. 113, Suppl 2, 2011, ISSN 0031-5362.
  4. Michael Chinery: Pareys Buch der Insekten: über 2000 Insekten Europas, Verlag Kosmos, 2004, 326 Seiten, ISBN 3440099695, 9783440099698.
  5. M. Mally: Teil XIX k: Fam.: Tabanidae in Catalogue Faunae Austriae, Ein systematisches Verzeichnis aller auf österreichischem Gebiet festgestellten Tierarten, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien 1989.