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Pegesimallus is a genus of robber flies.
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Pegesimallus is a genus of robber flies.
Africa and Eurasia. [1]
These species spend much of their time perched in the shade on shrubs or grass, where they lie in wait for flying insects. Their prey includes a wide variety of arthropods; Hymenoptera and Diptera predominate. Females oviposit in the surface layer of the soil. [2] [3]
The classification of the species in this genus is difficult for two main reasons: Firstly, many are sexually dimorphic to the extent that females and males of the same species were, for some time, placed in different genera; and secondly, some of the species are so similar that they can only be separated by considering details of the male genitalia. [2]
The genus has been placed in the tribe Megapodini of the subfamily Dasypogoninae. [4] It contains about 54 species, including the following: [2] [1]
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