Haematopota Meigen, 1803
(clegs)

Haematopota (clegs) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Haematopota (clegs) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusHaematopota (clegs)
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Haematopota (clegs)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Harvey, M.C. 2018 Antennae of female Haematopota (Tabanidae)

Haematopota (clegs) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Haematopota (clegs):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 73 images of Haematopota (clegs)

Our commonest horseflies - on a summer’s day walk in damp woodland or marshy fields they can be only too common.

A rather difficult group to identify.

H. pluvialis is by far the commonest and most widespread species.

Clegs are distinguished from other horseflies by their mottled wings.

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