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Genus Itolia

Asilid - Itolia maculata - female Asilid - Itolia maculata - female Asilid - Itolia maculata - female Itolia timberlakei Itolia timberlakei Itolia timberlakei Itolia timberlakei Asilid - Itolia maculata - male
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 Stenopogoninae
Genus Itolia
Explanation of Names
Itolia Wilcox 1936
Described by Joe Wilcox to honor his wife Itol. (Eric Fisher)
Numbers
3 spp. in our area, 5 total(1)
Remarks
"Flies always found on branch tips; active in full heat of Sonoran Desert sun." (Eric Fisher)