Orthogonis stygia

Moved

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 27 February, 2009 - 1:49pm

Great!

Very interesting information and a new species for Bugguide,I would be happy to create a page for it and to include a link to the Orthogonis page, but I need to know what family it belongs to. Also, it would be nice if you tell us a little about yourself in your account page.

… Beatriz Moisset, 15 July, 2006 - 12:01pm

Orthogonis

This is in the Asilidae as Norm states it is a robber fly. Before he took shots of the male it was unknown to science. There are no other live shots of this animal. It is a strange robber related to several species which occur in Australia and Madagascar. It is placed in its own tribe by Fisher and is related to the Laphrinae. It has been found in isolated areas in TX, NC, AR, MS and FL.

… Herschel Raney, 15 July, 2006 - 2:37pm

Subfamily

Sorry, I meant to say: what subfamily of Asilidae and I still don't know this, I don't want to put the genus in the wrong place; is it a different subfamily that we don't have yet or is it Laphrinae? I would be happy to do it but then, you are also an editor so feel free to take over if you prefer.

… Beatriz Moisset, 15 July, 2006 - 2:47pm

Subfamily Laphriinae

That's the listing I see at, for instance, Animal Diversity Web, and Giff Beaton's Georgia checklist. Herschel has a page with earlier photos by Norm here.

This site gives a print reference, worth noting:
Taber, S.W. & Fleenor, S.B. (2003): Range extension, habitat, and review of the rare robber fly Orthogonis stygia (Bromley). - *Southwestern Entomologist 28(1): 85-87;

Occurrence in North Carolina is noted by Brimley (1), p. 338, (as Laphria stygia Bromely) from Stovall, Granville County, in June. Aha! Granville county is just up the road from me, I should be on the lookout. Looks like this thing is pretty widespread, perhaps just overlooked (?).

… Cotinis, 15 July, 2006 - 3:50pm

Laphriinae is a safe bet

A quick Google search shows a few taxonomically-credible sites that say Laphriinae, with none I could find that gave any other subfamily. It's easy enough to move pages, so I would think it would be better to create it first and make changes later (if necessary).

… Chuck Entz, 15 July, 2006 - 3:36pm