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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria) » Laphria grossa

Species Laphria grossa

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · 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 Laphriinae
Genus Laphria (Bee-like Robber Flies)
Species grossa (Laphria grossa)
Explanation of Names
Laphria grossa (Fabricius)

Synonyms:
Asilus grossa Fabricus, 1775
Dasyllis grossa (Fabricius)
Size
23-35 mm(1)
Identification
a mimic of a Bombus (Psithyrus); suggested models: B. citrinus, B. vagans, B. impatiens, depending on the amount of yellow on the abdomen; in the southern portions of the range, specimens have more yellow on the abdomen and resemble B. pensylvanicus.(2)(1)
Range
e. US (ME-FL to KS-MS) & QC(3)
Habitat
deciduous forests; adults often near large stumps(1)
Season
in NC: (May), Jun-Jul(4)
Internet References
Species profile(5)
Works Cited
1.The Laphriini Pages
2.The Laphriine Robber Flies of North America
Bromley, Stanley Willard. 1934.
3.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
4.Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
5.Lavers N. (2007) The robber flies of Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas: An illustrated field guide
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 20 June, 2005 - 7:40am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Bbarnd, Ben Coulter, v belov
Last updated 22 March, 2022 - 6:39pm

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