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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Diogmites salutans
Species
Diogmites salutans
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
Dasypogoninae
Genus
Diogmites
(Hanging-thieves)
Species
salutans
(Diogmites salutans)
Explanation of Names
Diogmites salutans
Bromley 1936
Size
20-25 mm
(
1
)
Identification
medium-sized, brownish red; mesonotum with three dark brown stripes (the median one divided for its entire length)
(
1
)
Range
se. US (VA-FL-MS)
(
2
)
Habitat
Tall grass in damp, sandy areas
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
The genus Diogmites in the eastern United States
Artigas J.N. 1966. Ohio J. Sci. 66: 401-421.
2.
Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by
Cotinis
on 8 December, 2006 - 7:54pm
Additional contributions by
v belov
Last updated 7 March, 2015 - 9:25am