Heptatoma

Heptatoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Haematopotini
Genus: Heptatoma
Meigen, 1803

Heptatoma is a genus of European flies belonging to the subfamily Tabaninae.

recorded distribution of Heptatoma
recorded distribution of Heptatoma

This is effectively a monotypic genus, containing the extant species Heptatoma pellucens (Fabricius, 1776): of which there are two subspecies (as shown above). The locality of the extinct species †Heptatoma oeningensis (Heer, 1865) is also shown.

Species

References

  1. ↑ Meigen, J. W. (1803). "Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten". Mag. Insektenkd. 2: 259–281.
  2. ↑ "Heptatoma Meigen, 1803 | Fauna Europaea". fauna-eu.org. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ BioLib.cz: genus Heptatoma Meigen, 1803 (retrieved 8 August 2021)
  5. ↑ Heer, O. (1864). Urwelt der Schweiz. Diptera pp. 393-396. Zurich: F. Schulthess. pp. xxix + 622 ppl., 11 pls.
  6. ↑ Fabricius, J.C. (1777). Genera insectorum. Chilonii [= Kiel]: M. F. Bartschii. pp. 16 + 310 pp.