Hybomitra bimaculata (Macquart, 1826)
(Hairy-legged Horsefly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHybomitra bimaculata (Hairy-legged Horsefly)
GenusHybomitra (a genus of horseflies)
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)
Records of Hybomitra bimaculata (Hairy-legged Horsefly) :
1: Hybomitra bimaculata (Hairy-legged Horsefly)
30 Jun 2006 OSGR: TQ50 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ E Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Male, on mud at side muddy pool by woodland path
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - pale backgroundImage 2: Male - ventral view - close-up - pale backgroundImage 3: Male - ventral view - close-up - pale background (2)Image 4: Male - abdomen - dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 5: Male - dorsal view - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 7: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - close-up - highly enlarged (2)Image 8: Male - head - anterior view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 9: Male - head - antero-dorsal view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 10: Male - head - antero-lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 11: Male - head - lateral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 12: Male - head - ventral view - close-up - highly enlargedImage 13: Male - lateral view - close-up - enlarged - pale backgroundImage 14: Wing - close-up - highly enlarged

Hybomitra bimaculata (Hairy-legged Horsefly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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