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Species Efferia pogonias - [Pogonioefferia] pogonias

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Asilinae
Genus Efferia
No Taxon (Pogonioefferia group)
Species pogonias ([Pogonioefferia] pogonias)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pogonioefferia pogonias
Size
16-30 mm length
Identification
Body and wings dark, mystax (beard) yellowish.
Range
Widespread in eastern and central North America
Season
May-October (North Carolina)
Print References
Brimley, p. 339, lists (as Erax barbatus Fab.) for North Carolina (1).
Internet References
Asilidae species catalog--gives synonymy, range, this species
Herschel Raney
Eastern Efferia Key
Works Cited
1.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
Contributed by Cotinis on 27 July, 2006 - 9:43pm
Last updated 28 July, 2006 - 10:16pm

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