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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Stenopogoninae » Ospriocerus

Genus Ospriocerus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
red abdomen robber fly - Ospriocerus aeacus - male Ospriocerus latipennis Ospriocerus rhadamanthus - Ospriocerus Large Black & Red Robber Fly...with Epicauta Prey - Ospriocerus vallensis Large Black & Red Robber Fly...Perching - Ospriocerus vallensis Robberfly 679A 4517 & 4521 & 4526 - Ospriocerus aeacus - male threadwaisted wasp ? - Ospriocerus aeacus - female Marsh Fly - - Ospriocerus - male
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 Stenopogoninae
Genus Ospriocerus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
revised in(1)
Explanation of Names
Ospriocerus Loew 1866
Numbers
17 spp. in our area, 24 total(2)
Identification
Too many important characters are hidden in photos; many Ospriocerus spp. mimic the same models (wasps) and hence look very much alike. This is one of the genera that I insist on having the specimen in hand in order to make an accurate ID. --Eric Fisher, pers.comm. to =v= 22.vii.2015
Works Cited
1.A revision of Ospriocerus (Diptera: Asilidae)
Martin C.H. 1968. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4 35: 401-424.
2.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by tom murray on 21 July, 2005 - 3:59pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 22 July, 2015 - 2:42pm

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