Hybomitra distinguenda is a Palearctic species of horse fly in the family Tabanidae. Description One of the larger Hybomitra species (body length up to 16 mm) with more or less extensive yellow-orange side patches on the abdomen, and the basal antennal segment dark beneath grey dusting. Females have a broad and somewhat rectangular abdomen. It has the following combination of characters Antennal segment 1 completely dark (no orange); palps thick; facets of upper compound eyes mediocre, poorly separated from the lower ones; tergites 2 and 3 only weakly silver in hind view; median grey triangles not tall; sternite 2 with black hairs in anterior median area; tergite 3 with a narrow median stripe, less than a quarter the width of the tergite; tibiae yellow, tibia II with short equal pilosity. Seguy, E. 1927 Faune de France 13: Diptères (Brachycères) (Stratiomyiidæ, Erianidæ, Cænomyiidæ, Rhagionidæ, Tabanidæ, Codidæ, Nemestrinidæ, Mydaidæ, Romoyiidæ, Therevidæ, Omphralidæ) Lechevalier editions (Paris: Éditions Faune de France)
Similar species Males resemble those of Hybomitra ciureai Hybomitra muehlfeldi Hybomitra solstitialis
References
External links Images representing Hybomitra distinguenda Martin C. Harvey, 2018 Key to genus Hybomitra