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Species Ospriocerus vallensis

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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 Stenopogoninae
Genus Ospriocerus
Species vallensis (Ospriocerus vallensis)
Explanation of Names
Ospriocerus vallensis Martin 1968
Identification
details(1):
antennomere 3 (2.7 times as long as 1+2)
tip (style) of antennomere 3; same, lateral view (note cleft with tiny spine)
Range
w. US (WA-CA to MT-CO)(2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.A revision of Ospriocerus (Diptera: Asilidae)
Martin C.H. 1968. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Ser. 4 35: 401-424.
2.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm