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Species Lasiopogon currani

small robber fly - Lasiopogon currani - female

Lasiopogon currani with prey - Lasiopogon currani - female

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 Lasiopogon

Species currani (Lasiopogon currani)

Explanation of Names

Lasiopogon currani Cole & Wilcox 1938

Size

6-8 mm

Identification

Many have reddish tarsi, tibiae and genitalia and the third antennal segment is often reddish, too. The giveaway here (if you can see it) is that the top surface of the halter is completely black. This is the only Lasiopogon in the region that has this character.

Range

Ontario south to Georgia in, and east of, the Appalachian Mountains.

Contributed by tom murray on 4 June, 2008 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 8 March, 2015 - 11:14am

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