Species Laphria saffrana

Classification · Remarks · Works Cited

Robber Fly #8 - Laphria saffrana - female

Robber basking in the sands - Laphria saffrana

TX - Robber Fly Laphria - Laphria saffrana

TX Robber Fly Laphria? - Laphria saffrana - male - female

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 saffrana (Laphria saffrana)

Remarks

Bromley (1934) considered this species to be a mimic of the queen of the southern yellowjacket, Vespula squamosa(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Laphriine Robber Flies of North America By Bromley, Stanley Willard

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 16 May, 2006 - 5:43pm
Additional contributions by Ben Coulter
Last updated 20 February, 2012 - 12:47pm

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