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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Tabanomorpha » Horse and Deer Flies (Tabanidae) » Horse Flies (Tabaninae) » Tabanini » Hybomitra » Hybomitra frontalis

Species Hybomitra frontalis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Works Cited
small brown horse fly - Hybomitra frontalis - female Hybomitra frontalis - female Small Dark H. frontalis - Hybomitra frontalis - female Small Dark H. frontalis - Hybomitra frontalis - female Deer Fly - Hybomitra frontalis Deer Fly - Hybomitra frontalis Hybomitra - Hybomitra frontalis Hybomitra - Hybomitra frontalis
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder Tabanomorpha
Family Tabanidae (Horse and Deer Flies)
Subfamily Tabaninae (Horse Flies)
Tribe Tabanini
Genus Hybomitra
Species frontalis (Hybomitra frontalis)
Explanation of Names
Hybomitra frontalis (Walker 1848)
Size
10-16 mm(1)
Range
"Hybomitra frontalis is present in all areas of Canada below the treeline and in several localities well north of the treeline. In addition, by following tree growth along river courses, it is present in the northeastern states to the Dakotas and Montana, and south to Colorado. This is the largest range of any species of Tabanidae in North America."(2)
Works Cited
1.Tabanidae of Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains 2: a photographic key to the genera and species of Tabaninae...
Thomas A.W. 2011. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification No.13.
2.The horse flies and deer flies of Canada and Alaska (Diptera: Tabanidae)
Teskey H.J. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Pt. 16. Ottawa: Agriculture Canada. 381 pp.
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 26 June, 2005 - 9:39am
Additional contributions by Vox Sciurorum, v belov
Last updated 11 August, 2021 - 8:53pm

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