Genus Stenopogon

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited

Robber fly ... - Stenopogon inquinatus - male

ID for a reddish Robber Fly? - Stenopogon californiae - male

One-shot robber fly - Stenopogon maybe? - Stenopogon californiae - male

Robber Fly - Stenopogon breviusculus - male

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 Stenopogon

Explanation of Names

Stenopogon Loew 1847

Numbers

almost 50 spp. in our area, >150 total(1)

Identification

see(2)

Range

diversity about equally divided between Eurasia and N. America (w. Canada to Costa Rica); in our area, mostly sw. US (the wast majority restricted to CA), with 3 spp. more widely western, ranging into ND-IA-MO-AR(1)

Works Cited

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

2.	The genera Stenopogon Loew and Scleropogon Loew in America north of Mexico (Diptera: Asilidae) Wilcox J. 1971. California Academy of Sciences, occ. paper 89: 1-134.

Contributed by Martin Hauser on 27 March, 2006 - 11:14am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 11 March, 2015 - 12:37pm

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