Species Diogmites discolor

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited

Robber Fly, with prey - Diogmites discolor

Robber Fly 04 - Diogmites discolor - male

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 Dasypogoninae

Genus Diogmites (Hanging-thieves)

Species discolor (Diogmites discolor)

Size

Body length: 19-31 mm, average 24 mm

Identification

Silver spotting, dark abdominal base.

Range

Ohio east to Massachusetts, south to Alabama, Maryland.

Print References

Brimley, p. 336, lists, as Deromyia discolor, from Marion North Carolina (mountains), August (1).

Artigas, The Genus Diogmites in the Eastern United States. THE OHIO JOURNAL OF SCIENCE 66(4): 401, July, 1966, available here.

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 20 July, 2006 - 1:00pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 25 July, 2006 - 12:30am

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