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Species Lasiopogon bivittatus


A literature-based checklist of Kansas robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
By Beckemeyer R.J.
The Prairie Naturalist 33(2): 65-92, 2001

Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera: Asiloidea)
By Dikow T.
Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 319: 1–175, 2009
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A phylogenetic hypothesis for Asilidae based on a total evidence analysis of morphological and DNA sequence data...
By Dikow T.
Organisms Diversity & Evolution 9(3): 165–188, 2009

Catalog of the robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of the Nearctic Region [unpublished draft]
By Fisher E.M., Wilcox J.
45 pp., 1997
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Taxonomy and biology of Central American robber flies with an illustrated key to genera (Diptera: Asilidae)
By E.M. Fisher, H.A. Hespenheide
in: Quintero D., Aiello A. (eds) Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected studies: 611-632, 655, 665, 1992
in: Quintero, D., & A. Aiello (eds), Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies. Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York & Tokyo, xxii+692 pp.

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Kansas Entomological Society, 1928
Index of journal coverage from 1928-2012 (Vol. 1, No. 1 - Vol. 85, No. 4), including titles and sample page.

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Pollinating flies (Diptera): A major contribution to plant diversity and agricultural production
By Ssymank A., Kearns C.A., Pape T., Thompson F.C.
Biodiversity 9: 86‒89, 2011

New Diptera from North and Central America
By Curran C.H.
Am. Mus. novitates 415: 1-16, 1930