Dasyrhamphis umbrinus

Dasyrhamphis umbrinus is a species of horse fly, a fly in the family Tabanidae, native to Europe and near east Asia.[1]

Dasyrhamphis umbrinus
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Genus: Dasyrhamphis
Species:
D. umbrinus
Binomial name
Dasyrhamphis umbrinus
(Meigen, 1820)
Synonyms
  • Tabanus umbrinus Meigen, 1820

Distribution

This species is present in Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, European Turkey, Greece, Italy, Republic of North Macedonia, Slovenia, Yugoslavia and Romania) and in the Near East. [2]

Description

Dasyrhamphis umbrinus can reach a body length of about 11–14.5 mm (0.43–0.57 in). These 'horse flies' are mostly blackish, with clear showing distinct darkbrown spot close to the middle of the anterior margin and near the base of discal cell. Eyes shows a microscopical pubescence. Frontal calli are well developed. The 3rd antennal segment is slender and less developed.[3]

References

  1. Biolib
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Stjepan Krčmarl, Davorka Hackenberger, Branimir K. Hackenberger Key to the horse flies fauna of Croatia (Diptera, Tabanidae) Periodicum Biologorum 113:5-33
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