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Black-legged Horse Fly
Hybomitra micans
Hybomitra micans is a species of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
From the article Hybomitra micans on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Diagnostic characters include: Females- Legs entirely black or brown; exceptionally, the tibias are a dark brown, never much lighter than the femurs.Palps thick, ending in a blunt tip . Antennae: third segment narrowed at the base. Frontal band with parallel or non-parallel edges. Frontal band with parallel edges Abdomen with entirely black or golden pubescence on the edges, without clear spots.-- L. 13–15 mm. Males-Legs entirely black;tarsus I with elongated, uneven bristles.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 739467.