Hybomitra micans is a species of horse flies in the family Tabanidae.
Description Diagnostic characters include: Females- Legs entirely black or brown; exceptionally, the tibias are a dark brown, never much lighter than the femurs.Palps thick, ending in a blunt tip . Antennae: third segment narrowed at the base. Frontal band with parallel or non-parallel edges. Frontal band with parallel edges Abdomen with entirely black or golden pubescence on the edges, without clear spots.-- L. 13–15 mm. Males-Legs entirely black;tarsus I with elongated, uneven bristles.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)
Distribution Europe.
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