Species Laphria macquarti

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

Robber Fly #6 - Laphria macquarti - male

Laphria macquarti or floridensis - Laphria macquarti - female

Robber Fly - what kind? - Laphria macquarti

Rober Fly sp. Florida - Laphria macquarti

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)

Superfamily Asiloidea

Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)

Subfamily Laphriinae

Genus Laphria (Bee-like Robber Flies)

Species macquarti (Laphria macquarti)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Original description published under the name Dasyllis macquarti.

Explanation of Names

Named for French entomologist Justin Pierre Marie Macquart (1778-1855). In the original species description, Banks wrote "May be the species recorded by Macquart as the female of Mallophora analis."

Size

22-27 mm

Identification

Yellow on first few segments of the abdomen and the tibia of the middle leg.

Season

Active in spring

Food

Seems to prefer small beetles, but eats other insects- even other robber flies.

Remarks

Probably a mimic of the bumblebee Bombus americanorum Fabricius

See Also

Laphria grossa, L. lata, and L. apila, as well as L. "floridensis", a species never officially published

Internet References

Laphria Meigen s. str. in Eastern North America

Laphria macquarti page at Herschel Raney's Random Natural Acts website.

Contributed by Chuck Entz on 2 May, 2006 - 12:04am
Last updated 2 May, 2006 - 1:25am

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