Heptatoma

Heptatoma is a genus of European flies belonging to the subfamily Tabaninae.[1]

recorded distribution of Heptatoma

Heptatoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Tribe: Haematopotini
Genus: Heptatoma
Meigen, 1803

This is effectively a monotypic genus, containing the extant species Heptatoma pellucens (Fabricius, 1776):[2] of which there are two subspecies (as shown above). The locality of the extinct species †Heptatoma oeningensis (Heer, 1865) is also shown.

References

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