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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Giant Robber Flies (Promachus) » Promachus bastardii

Species Promachus bastardii

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)
Subfamily Asilinae
Genus Promachus (Giant Robber Flies)
Species bastardii (Promachus bastardii)
Other Common Names
False Bee-Killer
Explanation of Names
Promachus bastardii (Macquart 1838)
Identification
Similar to P. fitchii. Males have distinctive white tip on abdomen and white bands on thorax(1)
Range
ME-FL to MT-TX(2)
Season
Jun-Jul in NC(3)
Food
Predatory, especially on Hymenoptera
Internet References
Herschel Raney(1)
Works Cited
1.Herschel Raney's Random Natural Acts: Robber Flies
2.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
3.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Contributed by Cotinis on 22 January, 2005 - 2:49pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 11 March, 2015 - 10:54am

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