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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphriinae » Cerotainia » Cerotainia macrocera

Species Cerotainia macrocera

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · 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 Laphriinae
Genus Cerotainia
Species macrocera (Cerotainia macrocera)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Laphria macrocera Say 1823
Explanation of Names
Cerotainia macrocera (Say 1823)
Size
5 to 9 mm long.
Identification
Area between eyes (frons) and top of head (vertex) very wide and covered with brown-yellow hairs. Eyes brown.
Range
e. US (NJ-FL to MI-IL-CO-KS-MS)(1)
Rare in Canada. One recorded in Lambton County, Ontario in 1999.
Habitat
Open fields and forest edges. Usually found at tips of twigs and grass. May come to lights at night.
Season
Mid-June to mid-August.
Food
Predators of small, usually flying insects like bees, beetles and wasps.
See Also
Cerotainia albipilosa has silvery white-gray hairs on upper face. Green eyes.
Print References
Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 3, Part 1 by Say, pp. 73-74.
The Great Lakes Entomologist, 1975, Vol. 8, #2, Study of Asilidae of Michigan by Baker & Fischer, pp. 39 to 40.
The Great Lakes Entomologist, 1999, Vol. 32, #4 by Skevington, pg. 263.
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 28 June, 2006 - 3:52pm
Additional contributions by v belov, lee_penner
Last updated 12 May, 2020 - 6:50pm

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