| Diogmites angustipennis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Diogmites |
| Species: | D. angustipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diogmites angustipennis Loew, 1866 | |
Diogmites angustipennis, commonly known as 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. It includes the family Bombyliidae, the bee flies, which are parasitoids, and the Asilidae, the robber flies, which are predators of other insects.
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their expert predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and, as a rule, they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight.
Laphriinae is a subfamily of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are more than 110 genera and 1,000 described species in Laphriinae. Many are mimics of syntopic bees. Some prey on bees as adults. Larvae of the genus Hyperechia are known to grow inside the cells of Xylocopa bees, feeding on their larvae.
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 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.
Proctacanthus milbertii, or Milbert's proctacanthus, is a species of robber flies.
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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