Species Ceraturgus fasciatus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Works Cited

Wasp mimic Robber Fly - Ceraturgus fasciatus

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 Ceraturgus

Species fasciatus (Ceraturgus fasciatus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ceraturgus fasciatus Walker, 1849. Synonyms:

Ceraturgus cruciatus (Say), in part

Long lumped with the Midwestern Ceraturgus cruciatus, Barnes (2008), in a revision of the genus, states: "Ceraturgus fasciatus is resurrected from synonymy with Ceraturgus cruciatus..."

Size

13-19 mm (male), 13-22 mm (female) (Barnes, 2008)

Identification

See Barnes (2008)

Range

Southern Ontario, Maine and South Carolina west to Michigan and Mississippi (Barnes, 2008)

Season

June-July (North Carolina mountains)

See Also

Ceraturgus cruciatus of the Midwest is very similar, and the two were long considered to be one species

Print References

Barnes, J. (2008). Review of the genus Ceraturgus Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) in North America north of Mexico. Zootaxa 1766: 1–45 (PDF).

Brimley, p. 336, lists (as Ceraturgus cruciatus) from North Carolina mountains, June, July (1)

Works Cited

1.	Insects of North Carolina By C.S. Brimley

Contributed by Cotinis on 2 July, 2009 - 10:47am
Last updated 2 July, 2009 - 12:21pm

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