common horse fly vs Long-horned Cleg

Haematopota pluvialis compared with Haematopota grandis

Key Differences

common horse fly is Least Concern while Long-horned Cleg is Extinct.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	common horse fly	Long-horned Cleg
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Arthropoda (Arthropods)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class same	Insecta (Insects)	Insecta (Insects)
Order same	Diptera (Diptera)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family same	Tabanidae	Tabanidae
Genus same	Haematopota	Haematopota
Species	Haematopota pluvialis	Haematopota grandis

Evolutionary Relationship

common horse fly and Long-horned Cleg share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Haematopota.

View Genus: Haematopota

Conservation Status

common horse fly

LC — Least Concern

Long-horned Cleg

EX — Extinct

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	common horse fly	Long-horned Cleg
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

common horse fly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Long-horned Cleg

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

common horse fly

<em>Haematopota pluvialis</em>, commonly known as the common horse fly, is a blood-feeding dipteran insect in the family Tabanidae. It is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The species is recorded from Belgium, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, with a distribution centered in northwestern Europe, where it typically inhabits moist, vegetated areas near water bodies, woodland margins, and pastures. Female horse flies are well known as ectoparasites of large mammals, while males are primarily nectar feeders. Diet information beyond this general feeding ecology is not available in current species records. Biological traits of this species remain poorly documented in the scientific literature.