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Genus Hodophylax

Aridland Robberfly - Hodophylax aridus Robber fly - Hodophylax aridus - male Robber fly - Hodophylax aridus - female Asilidae? - Hodophylax aridus Asilidae? - Hodophylax aridus Asilidae? - Hodophylax aridus Hodophylax basingeri Hodophylax basingeri
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 Hodophylax
Explanation of Names
Hodophylax James 1933
Numbers
4 spp. in the genus, all in our area(1)
Range
mostly sw. US(2)
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
2.Manual of Nearctic Diptera Volume 1
Varies for each chapter; edited by J.F. McAlpine, B.V. Petersen, G.E. Shewell, H.J. Teskey, J.R. Vockeroth, D.M. Wood. 1981. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
Contributed by Keith Bayless on 19 February, 2009 - 7:10pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 15 January, 2013 - 5:24pm

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