{{Short description|Genus of flies}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Heptatoma pellucens 01.jpg |image_caption = | display_parents = 2 |taxon = Heptatoma |authority = Meigen, 1803<ref name="Meigen1803">{{cite journal|last1=Meigen|first1=J. W.|title=Versuch einer neuen Gattungs-Eintheilung der europaischen zweiflugligen Insekten|journal=Mag. Insektenkd|date=1803|volume=2|pages=259–281}}</ref> }}
'''''Heptatoma''''' is a genus of European flies belonging to the subfamily Tabaninae.<ref name="fauna-eu.org">{{cite web |title=Heptatoma Meigen, 1803 {{!}} Fauna Europaea |url=https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/96075ec6-e2e1-44e0-a32f-4bed7480b985 |website=fauna-eu.org |access-date=23 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="Moucha1976">{{cite journal |last1=Moucha |first1=J. |title=Horse-flies (Diptera: Tabanidae) of the World. Synoptic Catalogue. |journal=Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae Supplements |date=1976 |volume=7 |pages=1–320 |url=https://www.aemnp.eu/data/article-975/956-7_0_7.pdf |access-date=11 September 2022}}</ref>
450 px|center|recorded distribution of ''Heptatoma'' This is effectively a monotypic genus, containing the extant species ''Heptatoma pellucens'' (Fabricius, 1776):<ref>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id144250/ BioLib.cz: genus ''Heptatoma'' Meigen, 1803 (retrieved 8 August 2021)]</ref> of which there are two subspecies (as shown above). The locality of the extinct species †''Heptatoma oeningensis'' (Heer, 1865) is also shown.
==Species== *''Heptatoma oeningensis'' <small>(Heer, 1864)</small><ref name="Heer1864">{{cite book |last1=Heer |first1=O. |title=Urwelt der Schweiz. Diptera pp. 393-396 |date=1864 |publisher=F. Schulthess |location=Zurich |pages=xxix + 622 ppl., 11 pls.}}</ref> *''Heptatoma pellucens'' <small>(Fabricius, 1777)</small><ref name="Fabricius1777">{{cite book |last1=Fabricius |first1=J.C. |title=Genera insectorum |date=1777 |publisher=M. F. Bartschii |location=Chilonii [= Kiel] |pages=16 + 310 pp}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{commons category-inline}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q18109524|from2=Q1308039}}
Category:Tabanidae Category:Flies of Europe Category:Brachycera genera Category:Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen