Genus Ospriocerus

Classification · Numbers · Range · Works Cited

Asilidae, possibly Ospriocerus - Ospriocerus

red abdomen robber fly - Ospriocerus abdominalis - male

Robber or Mydas ventralis? - Ospriocerus abdominalis

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 Stenopogoninae

Genus Ospriocerus

Numbers

22 spp. north of Mexico per Arnett (1985) (1)

Range

Southwest (based on bugguide records)

Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico By Ross H. Arnett

Contributed by tom murray on 21 July, 2005 - 3:59pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 29 January, 2009 - 9:11am

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