Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Polacantha gracilis
Species
Polacantha gracilis
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
Asilinae
Genus
Polacantha
Species
gracilis
(Polacantha gracilis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Asilus auratus
Johnson 1895
Explanation of Names
Polacantha gracilis
(Wiedemann 1828)
Range
Coastal se. US (MD-FL)
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Works Cited
1.
Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by
Eric R. Eaton
on 11 June, 2008 - 5:22pm
Additional contributions by
ceiseman
,
v belov
Last updated 11 March, 2015 - 9:40am