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Species Ceraturgus elizabethae

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 Ceraturgus

Species elizabethae (Ceraturgus elizabethae)

Explanation of Names

Ceraturgus elizabethae Brimley 1924

Size

♂ 14-19 mm, ♀ 17-24 mm(1)

Identification

Very dark, with elongate antennae, perhaps a mimic of Tachytes(1)

Range

se. US (PA-GA to IN-MO-OK-TX)(1)

Habitat

small openings in deciduous forests; Barnes(1) reports that habitat is upland woods, away from bodies of water. However, BG record of Jul 2009 was in alluvial woodlands bordering a river.

Season

typically Jun-Jul, Apr-May in southernmost parts of range

Internet References

genus page(2)

Works Cited

1.	Review of the genus Ceraturgus Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) in North America north of Mexico Barnes J. 2008. Zootaxa 1766: 1–45.

2.	Herschel Raney's Random Natural Acts: Robber Flies

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 20 July, 2006 - 6:03pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 6 March, 2015 - 3:51pm

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