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Species Efferia albibarbis

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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 Efferia
No Taxon (Albibarbis group)
Species albibarbis (Efferia albibarbis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Albibarbefferia albibarbis (Macquart 1838)
Identification
mystax (moustache) white; female has relatively short and conical ovipositor, compared to E. aestuans
Range
ON, BC and throughout the US & Mexico(1)
Remarks
The north shore of Lake Erie is the only region where it occurs in eastern Canada. --Rob Cannings
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by Herschel Raney on 22 October, 2008 - 4:27pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 8 February, 2015 - 10:21am

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