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Genus Nicocles

Robber Fly with infuscated wings - Nicocles

Mating Nicocles? - Nicocles politus - male - 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 Dasypogoninae

Genus Nicocles

Explanation of Names

Nicocles Jaennicke 1867

Numbers

14 spp. in our area, 16 total(1)

Range

Canada to Mexico; most spp. in w./sw. US (5 range into BC), 3 spp. in e. US(1)

Works Cited

1.	Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 June, 2005 - 4:19pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 January, 2013 - 7:08am

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