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Species Laphria sackeni

Bee-like robber fly - Laphria sackeni - female

Robber Fly bumble bee mimic - Laphria sackeni

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 Laphria (Bee-like Robber Flies)

Species sackeni (Laphria sackeni)

Explanation of Names

Laphria sackeni (Banks 1917)

Range

along the Pacific (BC-CA)(1)

See Also

Laphria astur

anepisternum (large sclerite between anterior spiracle and base of wing) yellow in posterior half in L. astur, entirely black in L. sackeni. --Eric Fisher's comment

Works Cited

1.	Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm

Contributed by Herschel Raney on 23 November, 2009 - 7:39pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 10 January, 2015 - 11:44am

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