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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stichopogoninae » Stichopogon

Genus Stichopogon

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Stichopogon sp? - Stichopogon trifasciatus powerline robberfly - Stichopogon trifasciatus Diptera - Stichopogon trifasciatus Robber fly ID - Stichopogon trifasciatus Robber fly ID - Stichopogon trifasciatus Stichopogon trifasciatus with prey - Stichopogon trifasciatus Stichopogon to ID - Stichopogon abdominalis Robber fly - Stichopogon
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 Stichopogoninae
Genus Stichopogon
Explanation of Names
Stichopogon Loew 1847
Numbers
10 spp. in our area (3 range into Canada), >90 total(1)
Range
worldwide, with almost 60% of spp. in the Palaearctic; in our area, S. trifasciatus is transcontinental, S. argenteus is widespread west to AB-CO-MS, S. abdominalis is a FL endemic, and the rest are western(1)
Internet References
photos of adults (multiple spp.)(2)
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
2.Herschel Raney's Random Natural Acts: Robber Flies
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 29 May, 2005 - 7:56am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 17 January, 2013 - 9:42am

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