Philipomyia is a genus of horse fly belonging to the family Tabanidae subfamily Tabaninae.[3]

Philipomyia
Philipomyia aprica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Subfamily: Tabaninae
Tribe: Diachlorini
Genus: Philipomyia
Olsufjev, 1964[1]
Type species
Tabanus graceus

These flies are found in most of Europe and in the Near East.

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Olsufiev, N.G. (1964). "On the study of the fauna of Tabanidae in the west part of Great Caucasian Mountains, with description of new genus". Byull. Mosk. Obshch. Isp. Prirody, Otd. Biol. (in Russian). 69 (3): 73–76.
  2. ^ a b Fabricius, J.C. (1794). Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 4. Hafniae [=Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft. pp. [6] + 472 + [5] pp.
  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. ^ Meigen, J.W. (1820). Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europäische n zweiflugeligen Insekten. Aachen: Zweiter Theil. Forstmann. pp. xxxvi + 363. Retrieved 8 July 2022.