Common horse fly: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Common horse fly Haematopota pluvialis

Where the common horse fly lives – recorded in 9 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 20,756 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See grasshoppers, bugs & other insects on the world map

Scientific name	Haematopota pluvialis
Group	Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects
Found in	9 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Diptera
Family	Tabanidae

Where does the common horse fly live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common horse fly in 9 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the common horse fly?

The common horse fly (Haematopota pluvialis) is an insect in the order Diptera and the family Tabanidae, genus Haematopota. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common horse fly

The common horse fly (Haematopota pluvialis), also known as the notch-horned cleg fly, or simply cleg in Scotland and northern parts of Ireland, is a fly species belonging to the family Tabanidae subfamily Tabaninae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common horse fly (revision 1343280828), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q939493 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).