Cerotainiops abdominalis

Cerotainiops abdominalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Genus:	Cerotainiops
Species:	C. abdominalis
Binomial name
Cerotainiops abdominalis (Brown, 1897)
Synonyms
Cerotainiops rufiventris Curran, 1930 Nusa abdominalis Brown, 1897 Nusa atripes McAtee, 1919 Nusa similis Brown, 1897

Cerotainiops abdominalis is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The species is known to prefer to prey upon Pogonomyrmex ants, but, when temperatures are high, they will prey upon beetles, such as Collops limbellus. ^[5]

References

1. "Cerotainiops abdominalis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
2. "Cerotainiops abdominalis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
3. "Cerotainiops abdominalis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
4. "Cerotainiops abdominalis species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
5. Pollock, Darren A.; Davidson, Robert L. (2023-04-11). "New Records of Coleoptera as Prey of Robber Flies1 in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas". Southwestern Entomologist. 48 (1). doi:10.3958/059.048.0101. ISSN   0147-1724 . Retrieved 2025-08-09.

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN   0-8493-0212-9.
• Bromley, S.W. (1950). "Florida Asilidae (Diptera) with descriptions of one new species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 43: 227–239.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN   978-1402062421.
• Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
• Hull, F.M. (1962). "Robber flies of the world". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224.
• McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; Vockeroth, J.R.; Wood, D.M. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.

External links

• Dikow, Torsten (2018). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
• "Diptera.info" . Retrieved 2018-02-25.