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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » "Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora) » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Ommatius

Genus Ommatius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Ommatius tibialis - male Robberfly with prey - Ommatius Robber Fly 6 - Ommatius Robber fly - Ommatius - female Male genital drawing O floridensis - Ommatius - male BG1093 C9779 - Ommatius ouachitensis - female Robberfly - Ommatius - female Robber Fly with blackfly prey - Ommatius tibialis
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 Asilinae
Genus Ommatius
Explanation of Names
Author of genus is Wiedemann 1821. Ommatius is a classical (Roman) name. References on the Internet mention an Ommatius involved with the British invasion of Gaul in the 6th. century.
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 13 spp.
Size
Circa 15 mm
Identification
Medium-sized to small robber flies. Antennae are slightly feathery, like those of a moth, apparently a distinctive character of the genus:
Season
Summer. May-September (O. tibialis, North Carolina). June-September (O. gemma, North Carolina).
Print References
Brimley, p. 339, lists O. gemma and O. tibialis for North Carolina (1)
Internet References
Herschel Raney--species from Arkansas
Giff Beaton--species from Georgia
Winds of Kansas--has some anatomic views showing antennae.
Works Cited
1.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 June, 2005 - 5:20pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 23 June, 2006 - 11:10pm

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