Hybomitra Enderlein, 1922
(a genus of horseflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Hybomitra bimaculata
Hairy-legged Horsefly
Male (Click to open)
 		Species 14 images
Hybomitra distinguenda
Bright Horsefly
Female (Click to open) (Click to open)Female (Click to open)Male (Click to open)Puparium (Click to open)Puparium (Click to open)
 		Species 51 images
Hybomitra (unidentified)
Unidentified Hybomitra Horseflies
(Click to open)
 		Unidentified 2 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHybomitra (a genus of horseflies)
FamilyTABANIDAE (horseflies, deerflies, gad flies, stouts, clegs, horsefly)
SuperfamilyTABANOIDEA (horseflies, snipe flies & water snipe flies)
InfraorderTabanomorpha (horseflies, snipe flies & soldier flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Harvey, M.C. 2018 Key to genus Hybomitra (Tabanidae)

Hybomitra (a genus of horseflies) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hybomitra (a genus of horseflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hybomitra (a genus of horseflies)

Distinguished from the superficially similar Tabanus by the hairy eyes (lens).

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