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Laphystia

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Laphystia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Laphystia.

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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Laphystia, and connects out to Animalia, insect and International Standard Book Number.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyAsilidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
26
With media
8
Family
Asilidae
Collections
MNA, USNM, CHAS, TTU, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, NMSU
Recorded in
United States, Mexico

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Asilidae
Image
Robberfly. Laphystia litoralis (37548869755).jpg
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taxon name
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Category:Laphystia
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Laphystia
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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Species
  • References
  • Further reading

Laphystia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Laphystia.

==Species== These 56 species belong to the genus Laphystia: Laphystia actius (Melander, 1923) i c g Laphystia aegyptiaca Efflatoun, 1937 c g Laphystia albicans Engel, 1932 c g Laphystia albiceps (Macquart, 1846) i c g Laphystia alpheia Janssens, 1958 c g Laphystia anatolica (Hermann, 1920) c g Laphystia annulata Hull, 1957 i c g Laphystia bromleyi Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia brookmani Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia canadensis Curran, 1927 i c g Laphystia carnea Hermann, 1906 c g Laphystia cazieri Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia columbina Schiner, 1868 c g Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927 i c g Laphystia dimidiata Oldroyd, 1958 c g Laphystia duncani Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia erberi Schiner, 1866 c g Laphystia fasciata (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1880) c g Laphystia flavipes Coquillett, 1904 i c g b Laphystia francoisi Janssens, 1966 c g Laphystia gigantella (Loew, 1852) c g Laphystia hispanica Strobl, 1906 c g Laphystia howlandi Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia jamesi Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia kazaka Lehr, 1969 c g Laphystia kuehlhorni Janssens, 1961 c g Laphystia laguna Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia lanhami James, 1941 i c g Laphystia latiuscula Loew, 1871 c g Laphystia lehri Abbassian-Lintzen, 1964 c g Laphystia limatula Coquillett, 1904 i c g Laphystia litoralis Curran, 1931 i c g b Laphystia martini Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia notata (Bigot, 1878) i c g b Laphystia ochreifrons Curran, 1931 i c g b Laphystia opaca Coquillett, 1904 i c g Laphystia pilamensis Hradsky, 1983 c g Laphystia robusta Hermann, 1908 c g Laphystia rubra Hull, 1957 i c g Laphystia rufiventris Curran, 1931 i c g Laphystia rufofasciata Curran, 1931 i c g Laphystia sabulicola Loew, 1847 c g Laphystia schnusei Hermann, 1908 c g Laphystia selenis Paramonov, 1930 c g Laphystia setosa Theodor, 1980 c g Laphystia sexfasciata (Say, 1823) i g Laphystia sillersi Hull, 1963 i c g Laphystia snowi Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia sonora Wilcox, 1960 c g Laphystia stigmaticallis Bigot, 1878 c g Laphystia texensis Curran, 1931 i c g b Laphystia tolandi Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia tollandi b Laphystia torpida Hull, 1957 i c g Laphystia utahensis Wilcox, 1960 i c g Laphystia varipes Curran, 1931 i c g

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