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Tabanus eggeri

Tabanus eggeri is a Mediterranean species of biting horse-fly, found in southern France, Italy, Albania, Croatia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Portugal and Morocco. There are also unverified accounts of sightings in Spain, Austria and Israel.

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Tabanus eggeri
Male Tabanus eggeri, Portugal
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Tabanini
Genus: Tabanus
Species:
T. eggeri
Binomial name
Tabanus eggeri
(Schiner, 1868)1
Synonyms
  • Tabanus intermedius Egger, 18592

Tabanus eggeri is a Mediterranean species of biting horse-fly,3 found in southern France, Italy, Albania, Croatia, Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Portugal and Morocco. There are also unverified accounts of sightings in Spain, Austria and Israel.456

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References

  1. Schiner, I.R. (1868). Diptera. vi In [Wullerstorf-Urbair, B. von (in charge)], Reise der osterreichischen Fregatte Novara. Zool. 2(1)B. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. 388pp., 4 pls.
  2. Egger, Johann (1859). "Dipterologische Beitrage". Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 9: 387–407. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
  3. Stubbs, A. & Drake, M. (2001). British Soldierflies and Their Allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera. British Entomological & Natural History Society. pp. 512 pp. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  4. Mikuška, A.; S. Krcmar; J. Mikuska† (2008). "Horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of south-east Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina)" (pdf). Entomologia Croatica. 12 (2). Zagreb: Croatian Entomological Society: 101–109. ISSN 1330-6200. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.