Species Promachus rufipes - Red-footed Cannibalfly

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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Red-footed Cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes - male - female

Red-Footed Robber Fly - Promachus rufipes - male

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Large robber fly - Promachus rufipes - male

Red-footed Cannibalfly - Promachus rufipes - female

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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 Asilinae

Genus Promachus (Giant Robber Flies)

Species rufipes (Red-footed Cannibalfly)

Other Common Names

Bee Panther (Bromley--see Internet references)

Size

circa 25 mm

Identification

Large robber flies with a tiger-striped abdomen. Compare Promachus hinei. P. rufipes has darker tibia.

Range

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

Habitat

meadows, fields

Season

Summer to early fall. July-October (North Carolina)

Food

Predatory

See Also

Other Promachus, esp. Promachus hinei, which is found more in central states.

Print References

Brimley, p. 340 (1)

Internet References

Giff Beaton

Bromley, Robber Flies of Ohio V, reprint, apparently from Ohio Journal of Science.

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Cotinis on 26 March, 2004 - 10:46pm
Last updated 11 July, 2006 - 10:19pm

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