Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
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Ospriocerus vallensis
Species
Ospriocerus vallensis
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
holotype
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
Contributed by
Aaron Schusteff
on 17 February, 2013 - 5:23pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 10 March, 2015 - 12:24am