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Genus Stenopogon

Stenopogon californiae - male Is this Stenopogon californiae, or just wishful thinking? - Stenopogon Stenopogon obispae - female Stenopogon sp., albibasis group - Stenopogon - male Asilidae, possibly Stenopogon - Stenopogon engelhardti Robust, brownish Robber Fly couple - Stenopogon - male - female Robber Fly - Stenopogon inquinatus - male robber fly - Stenopogon inquinatus - 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 Stenopogoninae
Genus Stenopogon
Explanation of Names
Stenopogon Loew 1847
Numbers
almost 50 spp. in our area, >150 total(1)
Identification
see(2)
Range
diversity about equally divided between Eurasia and N. America (w. Canada to Costa Rica); in our area, mostly sw. US (the wast majority restricted to CA), with 3 spp. more widely western, ranging into ND-IA-MO-AR(1)