Species Laphria flavicollis

Classification · Identification

Robber Fly - Laphria flavicollis - female

Robber Fly #1 - Laphria flavicollis - male

Robber Fly #4 - Laphria flavicollis - male

Laphria Robber Fly - Laphria flavicollis

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 Laphriinae

Genus Laphria (Bee-like Robber Flies)

Species flavicollis (Laphria flavicollis)

Identification

Laphria flavicollis and Laphria virginica are easy to confuse for anyone looking at eastern Laphria. The main gestalt things to look for are the hairiness of the black abdomen. In virginica it looks very fuzzy. In flavicollis it looks somewhat glossy. The golden hair on the top of the thorax looks more swept back and finely constructed in flavicollis than in virginica. And the legs on virginica have a reddish brown tone to the fuzz in good light.

… Herschel Raney, 4 May, 2006

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 22 June, 2005 - 6:11am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban
Last updated 4 May, 2006 - 6:18pm

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