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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Dasypogoninae » Taracticus » Taracticus octopunctatus

Species Taracticus octopunctatus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited
Robber fly with prey - Taracticus octopunctatus Unknown Robber Fly - Taracticus octopunctatus robberfly062915 - Taracticus octopunctatus small orange-legged robber fly - Taracticus octopunctatus Robberfly sp. - Taracticus octopunctatus Asilidae - Taracticus octopunctatus Taracticus octopunctatus Robberfly for ID - Taracticus octopunctatus
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 Taracticus
Species octopunctatus (Taracticus octopunctatus)
Explanation of Names
Taracticus octopunctatus (Say 1823)
Range
NH-FL to MT?-SD-TX(1)
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by tom murray on 17 July, 2005 - 9:53pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 11 March, 2015 - 8:55pm

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