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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Leptogastrinae » Leptogaster
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Mystery fly - Leptogaster
Copyright © 2009 Dorothy E. Pugh

Mystery fly - Leptogaster
Johnston Mill Nature Preserve, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
July 14, 2007
Size: relatively large
Seen in a heavily wooded area
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Contributed by Dorothy E. Pugh on 24 February, 2009 - 8:44pm
Last updated 25 February, 2009 - 3:53pm

Moved
Moved from Leptogastrinae.
… Martin Hauser, 25 February, 2009 - 3:53pm login or register to post comments

Leptogaster or close
Leptogaster or close
… Martin Hauser, 25 February, 2009 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

 
Torsten just confirmed that i
Torsten just confirmed that it is genus Leptogaster, but the species are only identifiable by dissecting the genitalia...
… Martin Hauser, 25 February, 2009 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
So this is a primitive robber fly! Fascinating.
… Dorothy E. Pugh, 25 February, 2009 - 6:43am login or register to post comments

 
just fyi
according to new research by Torsten Dikow (in press), Laphriinae are the sister group to the rest of the robber flies, so they would be the 'primitive' robber flies if you choose to look at it that way. Leptogastrinae are nested deep among the robber flies, related to the group that includes Holcocephala e.g.
… Keith Bayless, 25 February, 2009 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

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