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Genus Ablautus - Prospectors

Small Robber with Aphid - Ablautus Pale robber with black bands and circles on abdomen - Ablautus rufotibialis Ablautus vanduzeei - female Ablautus vanduzeei - female Ablautus sp.? - Ablautus - female Ablautus flavipes Ablautus coquilletti A. flavipes from NM? - Ablautus - female
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 Ablautus (Prospectors)
Explanation of Names
Ablautus Loew 1866

Common Name: https://www.robberfliesoftheworld.com/NA_CommonNames.php
Numbers
13 described spp. in the genus, all in our area(1)
Size
4-12 mm(1)
Identification
photos of pinned specimens of all spp. in(1)
Range
w. US (WY-WA to TX-CA) & n. Mexico(1)