List of Laphria species

Last updated January 07, 2026

Laphria is a large genus of robber flies found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Species include:^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Laphria abdominalis (Walker, 1855)^{c g}
Laphria aberrans Wulp, 1898^{c g}
Laphria aeatus Walker, 1849^{i c g}
Laphria aeneiventris Costa, 1857^{c g}
Laphria affinis Macquart, 1855^{i c g b}
Laphria aimatis McAtee, 1919^{i c g}
Laphria aktis McAtee, 1919^{i c g b}
Laphria albimaculata Macquart, 1838^{c g}
Laphria albitibialis Macquart, 1847^{c g}
Laphria alebas Walker, 1849^{c g}
Laphria alternans Wiedemann, 1828^{c g}
Laphria altitudinum Bromley, 1924^{i c g b}
Laphria amabilis Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria ampla Walker, 1862^{c g}
Laphria annulata Gimmerthal, 1834^{c g}
Laphria annulifemur Enderlein, 1914^{c g}
Laphria anthrax Meigen, 1804^{c g}
Laphria aperta Walker, 1858^{c g}
Laphria apila (Bromley, 1951)^{i c g b}
Laphria appendiculata Macquart, 1846^g
Laphria argentata (Wiedemann, 1828)
Laphria argentifera Walker, 1861^{c g}
Laphria asackeni Wilcox, 1965^{i c g b}
Laphria assamensis Joseph & Parui, 1981^{c g}
Laphria astur Osten Sacken, 1877^{i c g b}
Laphria asturina (Bromley, 1951)^{i c g b}
Laphria atomentosa Oldroyd, 1960^{c g}
Laphria aurea (Fabricius, 1794)^c
Laphria aureola Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria aureopilosa Ricardo, 1900^{c g}
Laphria aureus (Fabricius, 1794)^{c g}
Laphria auribasis Walker, 1864^{c g}
Laphria auricincta Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria auricomata Hermann, 1914^{c g}
Laphria auricorpus Hobby, 1948^{c g}
Laphria aurifera Ricardo, 1925^{c g}
Laphria auriflua Gerstaecker, 1861^{c g}
Laphria auroria (Wiedemann, 1828)
Laphria azurea Hermann, 1914^{c g}
Laphria bancrofti Ricardo, 1913^{c g}
Laphria barbicrura Rondani, 1875^{c g}
Laphria basalis Hermann, 1914^{c g}
Laphria basigutta Walker, 1857^{c g}
Laphria bella Loew, 1858^{c g}
Laphria bellifontanea Villeneuve, 1928^{c g}
Laphria benardi Villeneuve, 1911^{c g}
Laphria bengalensis (Wiedemann, 1828)
Laphria bernsteinii Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria bifasciata (Olivier, 1789)^{c g}
Laphria bilykovae Paramonov, 1930^{c g}
Laphria bimaculata (Walker, 1855)^{c g}
Laphria bipartita Macquart, 1855^{c g}
Laphria bipenicillata Bigot, 1891^{c g}
Laphria bomboides Macquart, 1849^{c g}
Laphria breonii Macquart, 1838^{c g}
Laphria burnsi Paramonov, 1958^{c g}
Laphria calvescenta Baker, 1975^{i c g}
Laphria canis Williston, 1883^{i c g b}
Laphria carbonaria (Snow, 1896)^{i c g}
Laphria carolinensis Schiner, 1867^{i c g}
Laphria caspica Hermann, 1906^{c g}
Laphria champlainii (Walton, 1910)^{i c g b}
Laphria chappuisiana (Enderlein, 1914)^{c g}
Laphria chrysocephala Meigen, 1820^{c g}
Laphria chrysonota Hermann, 1914^{c g}
Laphria chrysorhiza Hermann, 1914^{c g}
Laphria chrysotelus (Walker, 1855)^{c g}
Laphria cinerea (Back, 1904)^{i c g b}
Laphria cingulifera Walker, 1856^{c g}
Laphria claripennis Bigot, 1878^{c g}
Laphria coarctata Dufour, 1833^{c g}
Laphria coerulea Boisduval, 1835^{c g}
Laphria coerulescens Macquart, 1834^{c g}
Laphria columbica Walker, 1866^{i c g b}
Laphria comata White, 1918^{c g}
Laphria complens Walker, 1859^{c g}
Laphria completa Walker, 1856^{c g}
Laphria componens Walker, 1860^{c g}
Laphria comptissima Walker, 1856^{c g}
Laphria concludens Walker, 1859^{c g}
Laphria conopoides (Oldroyd, 1972)^{c g}
Laphria consistens Curran, 1928^{c g}
Laphria constricta (Walker, 1855)^{c g}
Laphria contristans Hobby, 1948^{c g}
Laphria contusa Wiedmann, 1828^{c g}
Laphria coquilletti McAtee, 1919ⁱ
Laphria coquillettii McAtee, 1919^{c g b}
Laphria ctenoventris Oldroyd, 1970^{c g}
Laphria cyaneogaster Macquart, 1838^{c g}
Laphria declarata Walker, 1858^{c g}
Laphria definita Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria dentipes Fabricius, 1805^{c g}
Laphria detecta Walker, 1856^{c g}
Laphria dichroa Wiedemann, 1828^{c g}
Laphria dimidiata Macquart, 1846^{c g}
Laphria dimidiatifemur Oldroyd, 1960^{c g}
Laphria dira (Walker, 1855)^{c g}
Laphria dispar Coquillett, 1898^{c g}
Laphria dissimilis Doleschall, 1858^{c g}
Laphria diversa Wulp, 1881^{c g}
Laphria divisor (Banks, 1917)^{i c g b}
Laphria divulsa Walker, 1864^{c g}
Laphria dizonias Loew, 1847^{c g}
Laphria dorsalis (De Geer, 1776)^{c g}
Laphria doryca (Boisduval, 1835)^{c g}
Laphria egregia Wulp, 1898^{c g}
Laphria empyrea Gerstaecker, 1861^{c g}
Laphria engelhardti (Bromley, 1931)^{i c g b}
Laphria ephippium (Fabricius, 1781)^{c g}
Laphria falvifacies Macquart, 1850^{c g}
Laphria fattigi (Bromley, 1951)^{i c g}
Laphria felis Osten Sacken, 1877^{i c g b}
Laphria fernaldi (Back, 1904)^{i c g b}
Laphria ferox Williston, 1883^{i c g b}
Laphria ferruginosa Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria flagrantissima Walker, 1858^{c g}
Laphria flammipennis Walker, 1861^{c g}
Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761)^{c g}
Laphria flavescens Macquart, 1838^{i c g}
Laphria flavicollis Say, 1824^{i c g b}
Laphria flavidorsum Matsumura, 1916^{c g}
Laphria flavifacies (Macquart, 1849)
Laphria flavifemorata Macquart, 1850^{c g}
Laphria flavipes Wiedemann, 1821^{c g}
Laphria flavipila Macquart, 1834^{i c g}
Laphria formosana Matsumura, 1916^{c g}
Laphria fortipes Walker, 1857^{c g}
Laphria franciscana Bigot, 1878^{i c g b}
Laphria frommeri Joseph & Parui, 1981^{c g}
Laphria fulvicrura Rondani, 1875^{c g}
Laphria fulvipes Ricardo, 1913^{c g}
Laphria fulvithorax Fabricius, 1805^{c g}
Laphria furva Wulp, 1898^{c g}
Laphria fuscata (Joseph & Parui, 1997)
Laphria futilis Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria galathei Costa, 1857^{c g}
Laphria georgina Wiedemann, 1821^{i c g}
Laphria gibbosa (Linnaeus, 1758)^{c g}
Laphria gigas Macquart, 1838^{c g}
Laphria gilva (Linnaeus, 1758)^{i c g b}
Laphria gilvoides Wulp, 1898^{c g}
Laphria glauca Enderlein, 1914^{c g}
Laphria gravipes Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria grossa (Fabricius, 1775)^{i c g b}
Laphria hakiensis Matsumura, 1916^{c g}
Laphria hecate Gerstaecker, 1861^{c g}
Laphria hera Bromley, 1935^{c g}
Laphria hermanni Meijere, 1924^{c g}
Laphria hirta Ricardo, 1913^{c g}
Laphria hirticornis Guerin-Meneville, 1835^{c g}
Laphria histrionica Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria hobelias (Oldroyd, 1972)^{c g}
Laphria horrida (Walker, 1855)^{c g}
Laphria howeana Paramonov, 1958^{c g}
Laphria hradskyi Young, 2008^{c g}
Laphria huron (Bromley, 1929)^{i c g b}
Laphria ignobilis Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria imbellis Walker, 1857^{c g}
Laphria inaurea Walker, 1857^{c g}
Laphria incivilis Walker, 1856^{c g}
Laphria index McAtee, 1919^{i c g b}
Laphria indica Joseph & Parui, 1981^{c g}
Laphria insignis (Banks, 1917)^{i c g b}
Laphria interrupta Walker, 1856^{c g}
Laphria iola Bromley, 1935^{c g}
Laphria ithypyga McAtee, 1919^{i c g b}
Laphria ivorina Oldroyd, 1968^{c g}
Laphria janus McAtee, 1919^{i c g b}
Laphria javana Macquart, 1834^{c g}
Laphria justa Walker, 1858^{c g}
Laphria karafutonis Matsumura, 1916^{c g}
Laphria keralaensis Joseph & Parui, 1981^{c g}
Laphria kistjakovskiji Paramonov, 1929^{c g}
Laphria lasipes Wiedemann, 1828^{i c g}
Laphria lata Macquart, 1850^{i c g b}
Laphria lateralis Fabricius, 1805^{c g}
Laphria laterepunctata Macquart, 1838^{c g}
Laphria lepida Walker, 1856^{c g}
Laphria leptogaster Perty, 1833^{c g}
Laphria leucocephala Meigen, 1804^{c g}
Laphria leucoprocta Wiedemann, 1828^{c g}
Laphria limbinervis Strobl, 1898^{c g}
Laphria lobifera Hermann, 1914^{c g}
Laphria luctuosa Macquart, 1847^{c g}
Laphria lukinsi Paramonov, 1958^{c g}
Laphria luteipennis (Macquart, 1848)^{c g}
Laphria luteopilosa Joseph & Parui, 1981^{c g}
Laphria macquarti (Banks, 1917)^{i c g b}
Laphria macra Bigot, 1859^{c g}
Laphria manifesta Walker, 1858^{c g}
Laphria marginalis Williston, 1901^{c g}
Laphria maynei Janssens, 1953^{c g}
Laphria melania Bigot, 1878^{c g}
Laphria melanogaster Wiedemann, 1821^{i c g}
Laphria mellipes Wiedemann, 1828^{c g}
Laphria meridionalis Mulsant, 1860^{c g}
Laphria metalli Walker, 1851^{c g}
Laphria milvina Bromley, 1929^{i c g}
Laphria mitsukurii Coquillett, 1898^{c g}
Laphria motodomariensis Matsumura, 1916^{c g}
Laphria mulleri Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria multipunctata Oldroyd, 1974^{c g}
Laphria nathani Joseph & Parui, 1981^{c g}
Laphria nigella (Bromley, 1934)^{i c g}
Laphria nigrescens Ricardo, 1925^{c g}
Laphria nigribimba Bromley, 1935^{c g}
Laphria nigripennis Meigen, 1820^{c g}
Laphria nigripes Paramonov, 1929^{c g}
Laphria nigrohirsuta Lichtwardt, 1809^{c g}
Laphria nitidula (Fabricius, 1794)^{c g}
Laphria notabilis Walker, 1857^{c g}
Laphria nusoides Bromley, 1931^{c g}
Laphria ogasawarensis Matsumura, 1916^{c g}
Laphria ogumae Matsumura, 1911^{c g}
Laphria okinawensis (Matsumura, 1916)
Laphria orcus Walker, 1857^{c g}
Laphria orientalis Joseph & Parui, 1981^{c g}
Laphria ostensa Walker, 1862^{c g}
Laphria pacifera (Paramonov, 1958)
Laphria pacifica Paramonov, 1958^{c g}
Laphria partitor (Banks, 1917)^{i c g b}
Laphria peristalsis (Oldroyd, 1972)^{c g}
Laphria pernigra Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria philippinensis Enderlein, 1914^{c g}
Laphria pilipes Macquart, 1834^{c g}
Laphria plana Walker, 1857^{c g}
Laphria posticata Say, 1824^{i c g b}
Laphria praelusia Séguy, 1930^{c g}
Laphria proxima (Walker, 1855)^{c g}
Laphria puer Doleschall, 1858^{c g}
Laphria pusilla Wiedemann, 1828^{c g}
Laphria pyrrhothrix Hermann, 1914^{c g}
Laphria radicalis Walker, 1857^{c g}
Laphria rapax Osten Sacken, 1877^{i c g}
Laphria reginae Paramonov, 1958^{c g}
Laphria reinwardtii Wiedemann, 1828^{c g}
Laphria remota Hermann, 1914^{c g}
Laphria remoto Hermann, 1914^g
Laphria ricardoi Bromley, 1935^{c g}
Laphria royalensis (Bromley, 1950)^{i c g}
Laphria rubescens Bigot, 1878^{c g}
Laphria rubidofasciata Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria rudis Walker, 1856^{c g}
Laphria rueppelii (Wiedemann, 1828)^{c g}
Laphria rufa Roder, 1887^{c g}
Laphria ruficauda Williston, 1885^{c g}
Laphria rufifemorata Macquart, 1846^{c g}
Laphria rufitibia Oldroyd, 1960^{c g}
Laphria sackeni (Banks, 1917)^{c g b}
Laphria sacrator Walker, 1849^{i c g b}
Laphria sadales Walker, 1849^{i c g b}
Laphria saffrana Fabricius, 1805^{i c g b}
Laphria sapporensis Matsumura, 1911^{c g}
Laphria schoutedeni Bromley, 1935^{c g}
Laphria scorpio McAtee, 1919^{i c g b}
Laphria scutellata Macquart, 1835^{c g}
Laphria semifulva Bigot, 1878^{c g}
Laphria semitecta (Coquillett, 1910)^{i c g}
Laphria sericea Say, 1823^{i c g b}
Laphria serpentina Bezzi, 1908^{c g}
Laphria seticrura Rondani, 1875^{c g}
Laphria sibirica Lehr, 1989^{c g}
Laphria sicula McAtee, 1919^{i c g b}
Laphria signatipes Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria sobria Walker, 1857^{c g}
Laphria solita Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria soror Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria stuckenbergi Oldroyd, 1960^{c g}
Laphria submetallica Macquart, 1838^{c g}
Laphria taipinensis (Matsumura, 1916)
Laphria taphia Walker, 1849^{c g}
Laphria taphius Walker, 1849^c
Laphria telecles Walker, 1849^{c g}
Laphria terminalis Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria terraenovae Macquart, 1838^{i c g}
Laphria thoracica Fabricius, 1805^{i c g b}
Laphria tibialis Meigen, 1820^{c g}
Laphria transatlantica Schiner, 1868^{c g}
Laphria triangularis (Walker, 1855)^{c g}
Laphria tricolor Wulp, 1872^{c g}
Laphria triligata Walker, 1861^{c g}
Laphria tristis Doleschall, 1857^{c g}
Laphria trux McAtee, 1919^{i c g b}
Laphria unicolor (Williston, 1883)^{i c g b}
Laphria unifascia Walker, 1856^{c g}
Laphria valparaiensis (Joseph & Parui, 1997)
Laphria varia Loew, 1865^{c g}
Laphria variana White, 1918^{c g}
Laphria varipes Bigot, 1878^{c g}
Laphria venatrix Loew, 1847^{c g}
Laphria venezuelensis Macquart, 1846^{c g}
Laphria ventralis Williston, 1885^{i c g b}
Laphria violacea Macquart, 1846^{c g}
Laphria virginica (Banks, 1917)^{i c g b}
Laphria vivax Williston, 1883^{i c g}
Laphria vorax (Bromley, 1929)^{i c g b}
Laphria vulcana Wiedemann, 1828^c
Laphria vulcanus Wiedemann, 1828^{c g}
Laphria vulpina Meigen, 1820^{c g}
Laphria vultur Osten Sacken, 1877^{i c g b}
Laphria walkeri Enderlein, 1914^{c g}
Laphria willistoniana Enderlein, 1914^{c g}
Laphria winnemana McAtee, 1919^{i c g b}
Laphria xanthothrix Hermann, 1914^{c g}
Laphria yamatonis Matsumura, 1916^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,^[1] c = Catalogue of Life,^[2] g = GBIF,^[3] b = Bugguide.net^[4]

References

1 2 "Laphria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
1 2 "Browse Laphria". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
1 2 "Laphria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
1 2 "Laphria Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

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[itis-1] 1 2 "Laphria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

[catlife-2] 1 2 "Browse Laphria". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

[gbif-3] 1 2 "Laphria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

[bugref-4] 1 2 "Laphria Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

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