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Therioplectes gigas

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Species of fly

Therioplectes gigas
Therioplectes gigas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Therioplectes
Species: T. gigas
Binomial name
Therioplectes gigas
(Herbst, 1787)
Synonyms

Therioplectes gigas is horse fly in the family Tabanidae. The species was first described by Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst in 1787.

Distribution

This species is present in most of Central and Southern Europe.

Description

Therioplectes gigas can reach a length of 22–23 millimetres (0.87–0.91 in).

References

  1. ^ Herbst, J.F.W. (1787). Kurze Einleitung zur Kenntniss der Insekten, fur Ungeubte und Anfanger. Vol. 3. Lange: Berlin & Stralsund. pp. 200 pp., pls. 54–87.
  2. Thunberg, C.P. (1827). "Tabani septendecim novae species descriptae". Nova acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 9: 53–62. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
  3. Costa, A. (1857). "Contribuzione alla fauna ditterologica italiana". Giambattista Vico, Gior. Sci. Napoli. 2: 438–460.
  4. Fabricius, J.C. (1794). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 4. Hafniae : C. G. Proft. pp.  + 472 + pp.
  5. Rossi, Pietro (1790). Fauna Etrusca. Sistens insecta quae in provinciis Florentina et Pisana praesertim collegit. Vol. 2. Liburni .: Masi. pp. 348 pp., 10 pls.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Fauna Europaea
  9. Parvu, C. "Genus Therioplectes Zeller, 1842 (Diptera, Tabanidae) in Romania, With the Mention of T. tunicatus (Szilady, 1927)".

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Taxon identifiers
Therioplectes gigas


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