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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Bee-like Robber Flies (Laphria)
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Laphria index
Species
Laphria index
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
index
(Laphria index)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Important notes
here
Explanation of Names
Laphria index
McAtee 1919
Size
12-18 mm
(
1
)
Identification
Difficult to impossible to distinguish from
L. ithypyga
from photographs. Photos that are not conclusively identified should be placed
here
.
Range
transcontinental (QC-BC to SC-AR-OK-MT-OR)
(
2
)
Remarks
Original description
here
Internet References
Species profile
(
3
)
Works Cited
1.
Key to the Nearctic species of the genus Laphria (Diptera:Asilidae)
McAtee W.L. 1918. Ohio J. Sci. 19: 143-172.
2.
Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
3.
Lavers N. (2007) The robber flies of Crowley's Ridge, Arkansas: An illustrated field guide
Contributed by
tom murray
on 27 June, 2005 - 4:39pm
Additional contributions by
cotinis
,
hraney
,
john and jane balaban
,
Ben Coulter
,
v belov
Last updated 9 January, 2015 - 11:31am