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Family Asilidae - Robber Flies

Asilinae · Dasypogoninae · Laphystiinae · Laphriinae · Leptogastrinae

Subfamily Asilinae
robber fly & butterfly - Asilus sericeus robber fly - Asilus sericeus Robber Fly - Efferia aestuans Robber Fly - Machimus virginicus Mating Robbers - Promachus Robberfly - Promachus painteri Robber #2 with prize - Mallophora fautrix Robber Fly - Dysmachus trigonus - Efferia

Subfamily Dasypogoninae
Have you seen my green eyed son? - Diogmites crudelis Robber Fly 03 - Diogmites platypterus - male Diogmites sp. - Diogmites ternatus Robber fly - Diogmites Hanging Thief Robber Fly - Diogmites neoternatus Diogmites basalis? platypterus? - Diogmites basalis Diogmites angustipennis ? - Diogmites salutans Fly? - Diogmites neoternatus

Subfamily Laphystiinae
Psilocurus birdi Robber4 Robber4 Laphystia litoralis Laphystia litoralis - male BG1516 286-039a - Laphystia notata - male WBC maybe-Ommatius - Psilocurus Fly - Psilocurus - Psilocurus

Subfamily Laphriinae
Laphria thoracica - female Robberfly - Laphria cinerea Laphria thoracica - female Robber Fly - Laphria index Laphria - Laphria virginica - male Robber Fly - Laphria Robber Fly - Laphria fight - Laphria astur

Subfamily Leptogastrinae
Robber Fly - Tipulogaster glabrata asilid - Leptogaster brevicornis - Leptogaster brevicornis - male - female Robber fly? - Leptogaster Tipulogaster glabrata - female BG1591 E1137 - Psilonyx annulatus - male BG1591 E1137 - Psilonyx annulatus - male Leptogaster - female Robberfly - Psilonyx annulatis - Psilonyx annulatus


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