Atylotus rusticus
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 rusticus
Visual Description
Atylotus rusticus, commonly known as the four-lined horsefly, is a species of horsefly within the family Tabanidae.[2] Observations of the species in the TreeOfLife-200M dataset reveal characteristic morphological features typical of the genus.[1] The flies exhibit a robust, hairy body structure. The compound eyes are prominent and, in some individuals, show distinct patterns or coloration. The thorax and abdomen often display a brownish or yellowish-grey coloration with longitudinal striping, which contributes to the common name "four-lined horsefly." The wings are generally clear or slightly tinted, with characteristic venation patterns typical of the Tabaninae subfamily.[3]
Ecology and Interactions
Atylotus rusticus has been documented visiting flowers, such as Fagopyrum esculentum (buckwheat), where it acts as a pollinator.[4] The species is part of the horsefly fauna of Europe and was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767.[5][2]
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References
- 1 2 Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Tabanidae / Atylotus / rusticus constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.
- 1 2 Atylotus rusticus (Linnaeus, 1767). GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1494276. Accessed 2026-07-17.
- ↑ Stjepan Krčmar; Mladen Kučinić; Marco Pezzi; Branka Bruvo Mađarić. DNA barcoding of the horsefly fauna (Diptera, Tabanidae) of Croatia with notes on the morphology and taxonomy of selected species from Chrysopsinae and Tabaninae. ZooKeys. 2022. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1087.78707.
- ↑ Atylotus rusticus. Global Biotic Interactions. https://www.globalbioticinteractions.org/?targetTaxon=Atylotus%20rusticus. Accessed 2026-07-15.
- ↑ Atylotus rusticus. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atylotus_rusticus. Accessed 2026-07-15.