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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Asilinae » Proctacanthus » Proctacanthus brevipennis

Species Proctacanthus brevipennis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Works Cited
robber fly- feeding on beetle - Proctacanthus brevipennis Robber fly - Proctacanthus brevipennis - female Another robber fly - Proctacanthus brevipennis North Carolina Beach Robber #2 - Proctacanthus brevipennis - male 261532 Proctacanthus - Proctacanthus brevipennis Robber Fly - Proctacanthus brevipennis Asilid - Proctacanthus brevipennis Proctacanthus brevipennis
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 Proctacanthus
Species brevipennis (Proctacanthus brevipennis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Proctacanthus distinctus (Wiedemann 1828)
Explanation of Names
Proctacanthus brevipennis (Wiedemann 1828)
Range
NA east of the Rockies (NH-FL to MT-CO-TX)(1)
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by Sean McCann on 9 October, 2006 - 5:27pm
Additional contributions by v belov, Arturo Santos
Last updated 14 June, 2020 - 1:09pm

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