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Asilidae

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Noun1.Asilidae - robber fliesAsilidae - robber flies                        
family Asilidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Diptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
bee killer, robber fly - swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
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The following 17 Dipteran families were recorded for both sites: Tabanidae, Stratiomyidae, Asilidae, Culicidae, Mycetophilidae, Tachinidae, Muscidae, Tipulidae, Anthomyiidae, Bombyliidae, Tanypezidae, Syrphidae, Sciaridae, Pipunculidae, Chironomidae, Dolichopodidae, and Conopidae.
Evaluating diversity: a baseline study comparing the diversity of the ... by McKeown, James P. / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
Flies (Diptera) in the family Asilidae are common insect predators throughout the United States.
The subfamily Leptogastrinae (Diptera: Asilidae) in Colorado and ... by Carr, Ryan J.; Kondratieff, B.C. / Journal of the Colorado-Wyoming Academy of Science
The following 17 Dipteran families were recorded for both sites: Tabanidae, Stratiomyidae, Asilidae, Culicidae, Mycetophilidae, Tachinidae, Muscidae, Tipulidae, Anthomyiidae, Bombyliidae, Tanypezidae, Syrphidae, Sciaridae, Pipunculidae, Chironomidae, Dolichopodidae, and Conopidae.
Zoology and Entomology by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
 
 
 
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