Atylotus quadrifarius
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[1]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Tabanidae
- Genus: Atylotus
- Species: Atylotus quadrifarius
Visual Description
Based on observations from the TreeOfLife-200M dataset, Atylotus quadrifarius exhibits typical morphological characteristics of the genus Atylotus.[1] The specimens display a robust, fly-like body structure with compound eyes that are characteristic of the family Tabanidae.[1] The coloration is generally muted, consistent with other members of the genus, and the wings are clear.[1]
Distribution and Ecology
Atylotus quadrifarius (Loew, 1874) is a Palearctic species.[2] Its distribution spans the western Mediterranean, including Morocco, the Iberian Peninsula, and France, as well as the eastern Mediterranean, covering Greece, Turkey, the Levant, Iraq, Iran, and Afghanistan.[3] The species is also found in northern regions, extending from Ukraine to southern Siberia and Central Asia.[3]
While historical literature suggested its presence in Cyprus, recent surveys have not confirmed this.[3] In 2005, the species was recorded on Lesvos (Northern Aegean islands), where females were observed attacking humans and donkeys near salt pans at sea level.[3]
Gallery
References
- 1 2 3 4 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tabanidae / Atylotus / quadrifarius constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- ↑ Atylotus quadrifarius (Loew, 1874). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1494330. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- 1 2 3 4 Günter C. Müller; Alexey M. Prozorov; Mohamed M. Traore; Edita E. Revay; Jerome A. Hogsette; Daniel L. Kline; Alexandra Chaskopoulou; Tatiana A. Prozorova; Julia S. Volkova; Rabiatou A. Diarra; Gergely Petrányi; Tom Schneider; Robert H.-T. Beck; Nikolai Ignatev; Roman V. Yakovlev; Liwang Cui; Yosef Schlein. The Tabanidae (Diptera) of the Greek islands and Cyprus: An annotated checklist with remarks on ecology, zoogeography, and new records on the East Mediterranean fauna. Ecologica Montenegrina. 2023. https://doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.67.7.