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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Cerotainiops » Cerotainiops abdominalis

Species Cerotainiops abdominalis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Cerotainiops abdominalis Cerotainiops sp. - Cerotainiops abdominalis - female Robber Fly ? red fuzzy abdomen - Cerotainiops abdominalis Robber Fly ? red fuzzy abdomen - Cerotainiops abdominalis Asilid - Cerotainiops abdominalis Cerotainiops abdominalis Cerotainiops abdominalis Cerotainiops abdominalis
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 Laphriinae
Genus Cerotainiops
Species abdominalis (Cerotainiops abdominalis)
Explanation of Names
Cerotainiops abdominalis (Brown 1897)
Range
sw. US (CA to KS-TX)(1)
Remarks
One of the few asilids documented to feed on ants. They sit at the edges of the harvester ant clearings and pick off individual ones.
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 9 August, 2009 - 12:14pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 6 March, 2015 - 3:47pm

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