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Species Laphria astur

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)
Subfamily Laphriinae
Genus Laphria (Bee-like Robber Flies)
Species astur (Laphria astur)
Explanation of Names
Laphria astur Osten Sacken 1877
Range
w. NA (BC-CA-ID)(1)
See Also
L. sackeni has hair on anepisternum all black, vs yellow in posterior half in L. astur --Eric Fisher
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by Herschel Raney on 29 December, 2007 - 8:58am
Additional contributions by v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 7 March, 2015 - 2:55pm

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