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

Hybomitra sp. Enderlein, 1922

  • Hybomitra sp., male 685
    Hybomitra sp. Enderlein, 1922     
    Hybomitra sp., male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2006-05-27 14:06:54
    Image number: 685
    male
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2006-05-27 14:06:54

Classification:
Hybomitra sp. belongs to the subfamily Tabaninae.
Note:
The genus Hybomitra is represented in Germany with 19 mostly medium-sized species.
Characteristics: Mainly black or grey horse flies, often with rust brown side spots on the abdomen; eyes hairy, with 3 stripes; frons (forehead) of females with well developed ocellar tubercle.

References, further reading, links:
  1. E. Völlger, M. Jeremies: Bestimmungsschlüssel für mitteleuropäische Bremsen (Dipt., Tabanidae), Entomologische Nachrichten und Berichte, 29, 1985/1, 1-11.
  2. 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.