Taracticus

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Taracticus
Robber Fly - Taracticus octopunctatus, Woodbridge, Virginia - 14738793687.jpg
Taracticus octopunctatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Subfamily: Dasypogoninae
Genus: Taracticus
Loew, 1872

Taracticus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 16 described species in Taracticus. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Taracticus octopunctatus Robber Fly - Taracticus octopunctatus, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Taracticus octopunctatus

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Taracticus:

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References

  1. ↑ "Taracticus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Taracticus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ Dikow, Torsten (2019). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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