Horsefly black and gray

Horsefly black and gray
Horsefly black and gray
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryotes
Kingdom:	Animals
Kingdom :	Eumetazoi
No rank :	Bilateral symmetrical
No rank :	Primary
No rank :	Molting
No rank :	Panarthropoda
Type of:	Arthropods
Subtype :	Tracheo-breathing
Overclass :	Six-legged
Grade:	Insects
Subclass :	Winged insects
Infraclass :	Winged insects
Treasure :	Fully Transformed Insects
Squadron :	Antliophora
Squad:	Two winged
Suborder :	Short-winged Diptera
Infrastructure :	Tabanomorpha
Family:	Gadgets
Subfamily :	Tabaninae
Gender:	Gadgets
View:	Horsefly black and gray
International scientific name
	Tabanus maculicornis Zetterstedt , 1842

Black-gray horsefly ^[1] ( Tabanus maculicornis ) is a species of horseflies .

Content

1 Distribution
2 Description
3 Biology
4 Bibliography
5 notes

Distribution

Most of Europe, the east of the Palaearctic ( Russia ) and the Middle East ( trans-Caucasian distribution) ^[2] ^[3] .

Description

Length up to 12-13 mm. Eyes are green.

Biology

Adult individuals are active from mid-May to mid-July, most to the end of June. Females suck cattle blood, but mainly feed on nectar. They can also drink human blood. Males eat only nectar.

Bibliography

Kniepert, FW (1980). Blood-feeding and nectar-feeding in adult Tabanidae (Diptera). Oecologia 46, 125-129.
Krčmar, S. & Leclercq, M. (1999). Horse flies (Tabanidae) a contribution to the knowledge about the biodiversity of Lonjsko Polje /. Bulletin SRBE / KBVE 135, 209-213.
Krčmar S. et al. (2005). Response of Tabanidae (Diptera) to natural and synthetic olfactory attractants. Journal of Vector Ecology 30 (1), 133-136.
Krčmar, S. & Maríc (2006). Analysis of the feeding sites for some horse flies (Diptera, Tabanidae) on a human in Croatia . Collegium Antropologicum. 30 (4), 901–904.
Krčmar, S. (2007). Response of Tabanidae (Diptera) to canopy traps baited with 4-methylphenol, 3-isopropylphenol, and napthalene. Journal of Vector Ecology 31 (2), 188-192.
Oldroyd, H. (1939). Brachycera. In: FW Edwards et al. British blood-sucking flies. British Museum (Nat. Hist.), London .

Notes

↑ Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. Pentate-linguistic dictionary of animal names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 320. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .
↑ Catalog of life
↑ Fauna europaea

[1] Striganova B.R. , Zakharov A.A. Pentate-linguistic dictionary of animal names: Insects (Latin-Russian-English-German-French) /Ed. Dr. biol. sciences, prof. B.R. Striganova . - M .: RUSSO, 2000 .-- S. 320. - 1060 copies. - ISBN 5-88721-162-8 .

[2] Catalog of life

[3] Fauna europaea