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Genus Stichopogon

Three-banded Robber Fly eating a Habro jumping spider - Stichopogon trifasciatus Robber fly 4 - Stichopogon trifasciatus Robberfly - Stichopogon trifasciatus BG1324 C9363 - Stichopogon trifasciatus - female Stichopogon argenteus Pinned Specimen - Stichopogon abdominalis Robber Fly - Stichopogon trifasciatus Robber fly - Stichopogon trifasciatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)
Subfamily Stichopogoninae
Genus Stichopogon
Numbers
10 species in North America (nearctica.com)
Range
throughout North America
also occurs in Eurasia and in the neotropics
Internet References
live and pinned adult images of multiple Stichopogon species (Herschel Raney, Michael Thomas, Giff Beaton; Herschel Raney - Random Natural Acts)
live adult image of S. trifasciatus (Joshua Rose, Texas)
live adult images of S. trifasciatus and other info (Greg Lasley, Texas)
pinned adult image of Stichopogon species (Insects of Cedar Creek, Minnesota)