Tabanus quatuornotatus

Tabanus quatuornotatus
Female of Tabanus quatuornotatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Genus: Tabanus
Species: T. quatuornotatus
Binomial name
Tabanus quatuornotatus
Meigen, 1820
Synonyms
  • Tabanus quatuornatatus Meigen, 1820
  • Atylotus cherbottae Kano & Kurahashi
  • Dasystypia labaumeanus Enderlein
  • Tabanus araxis Olsufjev
  • Tabanus quadrinotatus Ye

Tabanus quatuornotatus is a medium sized species of biting horse-fly. This hairy blood-sucking species can reach a body length of about 15-18 mm and shows three purple eye bands. Eyes are hairy. It is present in most of Europe, in the Near East and in North Africa.

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