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Genus Cerotainiops

Cerotainiops sp. - Cerotainiops abdominalis - female Robber Fly ? red fuzzy abdomen - Cerotainiops abdominalis Robber Fly ? red fuzzy abdomen - Cerotainiops abdominalis Desert Mountain Robber - Cerotainiops omus Cerotainiops omus? - Cerotainiops omus - female Cerotainiops abdominalis Cerotainiops wilcoxi Cerotainiops wilcoxi
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
Explanation of Names
Cerotainiops Curran 1930
Numbers
6 spp. in the genus, all in our area(1)
Print References
Martin C.H. (1959) New species of Cerotainiops Curran (Diptera: Asilidae). J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 32: 49-53.
Pritchard A.E. (1942) A revision of the genus Cerotainiops Curran (Diptera: Asilidae). J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 15: 19-24.