Tabanus sudeticus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]