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Species Efferia albibarbis

Robber fly, Efferia albibarbis, feeding on cicada instar - Efferia albibarbis - female Robberfly - Efferia albibarbis - male White-banded tail robber (plains edition) - Efferia albibarbis - male Efferia sp.? - Efferia albibarbis Robber Fly - Efferia albibarbis - female E albibaris - Efferia albibarbis - male Asilid - Efferia albibarbis - male Efferia albibarbis - male
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 Asilinae
Genus Efferia
No Taxon (Albibarbis group)
Species albibarbis (Efferia albibarbis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Albibarbefferia albibarbis (Macquart 1838)
Identification
mystax (moustache) white; female has relatively short and conical ovipositor, compared to E. aestuans
Range
ON, BC and throughout the US & Mexico(1)
Remarks
The north shore of Lake Erie is the only region where it occurs in eastern Canada. --Rob Cannings