Laphria (fly)
Laphria | |
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Laphria sadales | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Asilidae |
Subfamily: | Laphriinae |
Genus: | Laphria Meigen, 1803 |
Laphria is a genus described by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1803, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae. Members of this genus are known as bee-like robber flies. This genus has a Holarctic distribution, occurring in Europe, Asia, and North America. They prey on a variety of insects, including other robber flies, bees, wasps and beetles. Like other asilids, they use their proboscis to penetrate the body of their prey and inject enzymes which dissolve the tissues.
These large flies measure 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) in length. Most Laphria species are quite hairy and black in color. Some have bee-mimicking markings with black and yellow stripes (See Laphria thoracica). They can be encountered from July through September.
Species[]
Select species include:[1][2][3][4]
- Laphria affinis Macquart, 1855
- Laphria aktis Mcatee, 1919
- Laphria altitudinum Bromley, 1924
- Laphria apila (Bromley, 1951)
- Laphria canis Williston, 1883
- (Fabricius, 1781)
- Laphria fernaldi (Back, 1904)
- Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761)
- Macquart, 1838
- Laphria flavicollis Say, 1824
- Laphria ithypyga Mcatee, 1919
- Oldroyd, 1968
- Paramonov, 1929
- Laphria sadales Walker, 1849
- Laphria saffrana Fabricius, 1805
- Matsumura, 1911
- Laphria thoracica Fabricius, 1805
- Meigen, 1820
- Macquart, 1846
- Laphria ventralis Williston, 1885
- Macquart, 1846
- Meigen, 1820
- Hermann, 1914
- Matsumura, 1916
Laphria macquarti and a Bombus model]]
References[]
- ^ "Laphria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ "Browse Laphria". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ "Laphria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
- ^ "Laphria Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
External links[]
- W. L. Mcatee - Key to the Nearctic Species of the genus Laphria (Diptera, Asilidae) - Kb.osu.edu
- Stephen W. Bullington, Ph.D. - The Laphriini Pages
- Herschel Raney - Laphria of Arkansas
- "Species Page - Laphria". Entomology Collection. University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016.
- Laphria (fly)
- Asilidae genera
- Diptera of Asia