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Carinata group

Efferia - Efferia jubata - male Efferia - Pogonias group - Efferia jubata - male Small asilid on dunes - Efferia Asilid - Efferia jubata - female Efferia jubata? - Efferia jubata - male Efferia sp. - Efferia - male Asilidae - Efferia latruncula - male Efferia jubata - 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 Asilinae
Genus Efferia
No Taxon Carinata group
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Carinefferia Artigas & Papavero 1997
Numbers
9 spp. in our area, 13 total(1)
Identification
The following information is based on the modified Key to Eastern Species: (2) For info on the listed reference terms see the wing diagrams here.
1) - Furcation of third vein opposite or beyond base of second posterior cell;
18) - Posterior branch of third vein (R5) curved forward meeting the costa plainly before the apex of wing;
23) - Mesothorax compressed anteriorly and with a conspicuous crest of erect hairs on mid-dorsal line = (Carinefferia/carinatus group)

Examples:
Efferia jubata
Efferia latruncula
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
2.Herschel Raney's Random Natural Acts: Robber Flies
Contributed by Herschel Raney on 12 November, 2008 - 2:52pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 May, 2021 - 7:06pm

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