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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Bee Killers (Mallophora) » Mallophora fautrix

Species Mallophora fautrix

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Asilinae
Genus Mallophora (Bee Killers)
Species fautrix (Mallophora fautrix)
Explanation of Names
Mallophora fautrix Osten Sacken 1887
Range
sw. US (CA-TX-UT) & Mexico(1)
Remarks
The only representative of the genus in California
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by Herschel Raney on 4 April, 2006 - 10:43am
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, v belov
Last updated 8 March, 2015 - 12:21pm

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