Atylotus rusticus

Atylotus rusticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Tabanidae
Genus: Atylotus
Species: A. rusticus
Binomial name
Atylotus rusticus
(Linnaeus, 1761)

Atylotus rusticus is a species of horse-flies in the genus Atylotus. It is found in Europe, Asia and North Africa.[1]

Atylotus rusticus belongs to the group of insects known as Endopterygota (holometabolising insects), which go through metamorphosis during their life. The larvae are radically different from the full-grown insects. Between the larvae stage and the grown stage is a pupae stage, where the fly's inner and outer organs develop.

References

  1. Atylotus rusticus - Fauna Europaea - accessed: 11 February 2010
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