Diogmites angustipennis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Diptera |
Family: | Asilidae |
Genus: | Diogmites |
Species: | D. angustipennis |
Binomial name | |
Diogmites angustipennis Loew, 1866 | |
Diogmites angustipennis, the prairie robber fly, is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The Asiloidea comprise a very large superfamily insects in the order Diptera, the true flies. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring worldwide, with many species living in dry, sandy habitat types. It includes the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies, which are parasitoids, and the Asilidae, the robber flies, which are predators of other insects. Members of the other families are mainly flower visitors as adults and predators as larvae.
Dasypogoninae is a subfamily of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are more than 60 genera and 520 described species in Dasypogoninae.
Diogmites is a genus of mainly neotropical flies in the family Asilidae or robber flies.
Eudioctria albius is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites missouriensis is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Eudioctria is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 14 described species in Eudioctria.
Diogmites discolor is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites ternatus is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites crudelis is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites texanus is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Taracticus octopunctatus is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae. It is found in the eastern United States.
Diogmites misellus is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Laphria fernaldi is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites sallei is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites basalis, the New York bee killer, is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites neoternatus is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae. Its genus name, Diogmites, refers to the peculiar habit of hanging by its foreleg while consuming prey.
Diogmites esuriens is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites platypterus is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites salutans is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
Diogmites properans is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
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