Tabanus miki also known as the plain-eyed brown horsefly is a species of biting horse-fly. Description A grey fly, with little lateral reddish colour. It has the following diagnostic characters.Head: Upper facets of eyes distinctly larger than lower facets, vertex with black hairs, third antenna! segment mostly black, reddish near base, , broader than first segment and mostly black, reddish near base. Abdomen:oblique lateral spots which are large and blurred and more conspicuous than the median triangles (may be reddish), scutellum with pale hairs.10-16 mm. It is similar to Tabanus bromius but the postocular rim is broader and the ocellar tubercle is smaller than in bromius. Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London. Distribution Europe References