Hybomitra lurida

Hybomitra lurida
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Hybomitra
Species:
H. lurida
Binomial name
Hybomitra lurida
(Fallén, 1817)[1]
Synonyms
  • Tabanus luridus Fallén, 1817[1]
  • Tabanus puncitfrons Wahlberg, 1848[2]
  • Tabanus depressa Walker, 1848[3]
  • Tabanus inscitus Walker, 1848[3]
  • Tabanus comes Walker, 1849[4]
  • Tabanus hirticeps Loew, 1858[5]
  • Tabanus metabolus McDunnough, 1922
  • Hybomitra lurida var. sordida Olsufiev, 1977

Hybomitra lurida is a species of horse-fly in the family Tabanidae. It is found across central and Northern Europe, Asia,[6][7][8][9][10] Canada, Alaska and portions of the contiguous United States.[11]

Description

It is a large fly, between 12 and 15 millimetres long.[11][12]: 172  The subcallus is bare and there are yellow spots on the abdominal tergites.[12]: 36, 172–175 

Habitat

The grown flies fly in summer, from May to the beginning of August in Canada.[11] They prefer open landscapes, in forests and mountains. Usually, they stay around cattle.

Larval habitats include wetlands such as sphagnum bogs.[11]

Conservation

H. lurida is listed as a species of special conservation concern in Connecticut.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b Fallén, C.F. (1817). Tabani et Xylophagei Sveciae (in Latin). Lundae [=Lund]: Berlingianis. p. 14. pp. 5–6, no. 4
  2. ^ Wahlberg, P.F. (1848). "Nya Diptera". Ofvers. K. VetenskAkad. Forh. Stockh. 5: 198–201.
  3. ^ a b Walker, F. (1848). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. part 1. London: British Museum. pp. 1–229.
  4. ^ Walker, F. (1849). List of the specimens of dipterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London: British Museum. pp. [3] + 689-1172 + [2]. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  5. ^ Loew, H. (1858). "Beschreibung einiger japanischen Dipteren". Wiener Entomologische Monatschrift. 2: 100–112. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Hybomitra lurida (Fallen, 1817)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  7. ^ Verrall, G. H. (1909). Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies. Vol. 5. London: Gurney and Jackson. pp. 780, 34 p., 407 fig. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  8. ^ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  9. ^ Moucha, J. (1976). "Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements. 7: 1–320. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  10. ^ Chvála, Milan; Lyneborg, Leif; Moucha, Josef (1972). The Horse Flies of Europe (Diptera, Tabanidae). Copenhagen: Entomological Society of Copenhagen. pp. 598pp, 164figs. ISBN 978-09-00-84857-5.
  11. ^ a b c d Teskey, H.J. (1990). The Horse Flies and Deer Flies of Canada and Alaska, Diptera: Tabanidae. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada Part 16. Agriculture Canada. pp. 18, 215–216. ISBN 0-660-13282-6.
  12. ^ a b Thomas, Anthony W. (13 February 2011). "Tabanidae of Canada, east of the Rocky Mountains 2: A Photographic Key to the Genera and Species of Tabanidae (Diptera: Tabanidae)". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 13. doi:10.3752/cjai.2011.13.
  13. ^ Bureau of Natural Resources (2015). "Connecticut's Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Species 2015" (PDF). State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Retrieved 6 January 2026.