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Species Proctacanthus brevipennis

Robber fly - Proctacanthus brevipennis - female

Unknown robber fly - Proctacanthus brevipennis

robberfly - Proctacanthus brevipennis - male

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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