| Tabanus sudeticus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Tabanidae |
| Genus: | Tabanus |
| Species: | T. sudeticus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tabanus sudeticus Zeller, 1842
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Tabanus sudeticus, also known as the dark giant horsefly, is a species of biting horse-fly.[1] It is the heaviest fly in Europe.[2]
It is found in many countries of western Europe and has a marked northern and western distribution; being found as far north as southern Norway and the Western Isles of Scotland, and with an occasional record from Belarus[3]
