Species Promachus rufipes - Red-footed Cannibalfly

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Superfamily Asiloidea

Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)

Subfamily Asilinae

Genus Promachus (Giant Robber Flies)

Species rufipes (Red-footed Cannibalfly)

Other Common Names

Bee Panther (Bromley 1950)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Promachus rufipes (Fabricius, 1775)

Size

28-35 mm (Hine 1911)

Range

Includes southeastern United States. Seems to be common east of Appalachians, whereas P. hinei is more common to west. Some records from southeastern Ohio, southern New York (Bromley, see Internet references).

Habitat

meadows, fields

Season

Jul-Oct in NC(1), late Jul -- early Sep in GA(2)

Food

Preys on large flying insects. Has been reported to attack Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (see here)

Print References

Bromley S.W. (1950) Ohio Robber Flies V. Ohio Jour. Sci. 50(5): 229-234

Works Cited

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

2.	Giff Beaton's Robber Flies (Asilidae) of Georgia and the Southeast

Contributed by Cotinis on 26 March, 2004 - 10:46pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 November, 2010 - 2:07pm

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