Tabanus sudeticus Zeller, 1842
(Dark Giant Horsefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesTabanus sudeticus (Dark Giant Horsefly)
GenusTabanus (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)
Records of Tabanus sudeticus (Dark Giant Horsefly) :
1: Tabanus sudeticus (Dark Giant Horsefly)
7 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorsal view (2)
2: Tabanus sudeticus (Dark Giant Horsefly)
7 Jul 2014 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
female
Image 1: Female - dorsal viewImage 2: Female - dorso-lateral viewImage 3: Female - lateral viewImage 4: Female - lateral view (2)Image 5: Egg mass (laid on lid of specimen tube) - enlarged
3: Tabanus sudeticus (Dark Giant Horsefly)
4 Jul 2014 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
female, at roadside (car casualty but still alive)
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Female - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Female - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 4: Female - abdomen - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Female - head and thorax - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Female - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Female - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 8: Female - head - antero-dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Female - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - enlarged - white backgroundImage 11: Female - spermathecae - microscope low magnificationImage 12: Female - spermathecae - microscope low magnification (2)Image 13: Female - sternite 8 - microscope low magnificationImage 14: Female - sternite 8, with surrounding sclerites - microscope low magnification

Tabanus sudeticus (Dark Giant Horsefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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