Genus Hybomitra

Classification · Identification · Remarks

Horsefly - Hybomitra lasiophthalma - female

Horse Fly - Hybomitra lasiophthalma - male

BG718 C7333 - Hybomitra difficilis - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Infraorder Tabanomorpha

Family Tabanidae (Horse and Deer Flies)

Subfamily Tabaninae (Horse Flies)

Genus Hybomitra

Identification

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Remarks

Genus 5 (of 6) in the Tribe: Tabanini (which is Tribe 3 of the Subfamily: Tabaninae).

Members of the genus range from small to large (10-20 mm)and are similar to, and not immediately easy to separate from, members of the genus Tabanus. Head characters are the main method to distinguish between these two genera.

The 55 species are mostly northern, Canada and Alaska; being replaced in the remaining USA by Tabanus.

I had the honour with my colleauge Dr. Herb Teskey of naming a new species after Dr. L.L. Pechuman one of the 'greats' of Nearctic Tabanidae: Hybomitra pechumani Teskey & Thomas, 1979.

Contributed by Tony-2 on 17 February, 2005 - 6:44pm
Last updated 18 April, 2007 - 7:35pm

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