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''Laphria'' is a genus described by 
These large flies measure in length. Most ''Laphria'' species are quite hairy and black in color. Some have bee-mimicking markings with black and yellow stripes (like '' Laphria thoracica''). They can be encountered from July through September.
Kb.osu.edu
* Stephen W. Bullington, Ph.D.
The Laphriini Pages
* Herschel Raney
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q11105137 Asilidae genera Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen Diptera of Asia
Johann Wilhelm Meigen
Johann Wilhelm Meigen (3 May 1764 – 11 July 1845) was a German entomologist famous for his pioneering work on Diptera.
Life
Early years
Meigen was born in Solingen, the fifth of eight children of Johann Clemens Meigen and Sibylla Margare ...
in 1803, belonging to the family Asilidae
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking Insect mouthparts#Hypopharynx, hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects t ...
, subfamily Laphriinae
Laphriinae is a subfamily of robber fly, robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are more than 110 genera and 1,000 described species in Laphriinae. Many are mimics of syntopic bees. Some prey on bees as adults. Larvae of the genus ''Hyperechia ...
. Members of this genus are known as bee-like robber flies. This genus has a Holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...
distribution, occurring in Europe, Asia, and North America. They prey on a variety of insects, including other robber flies, bees, wasps and beetles. Like other asilids, they use their proboscis to penetrate the body of their prey and inject enzymes which dissolve the tissues.
These large flies measure in length. Most ''Laphria'' species are quite hairy and black in color. Some have bee-mimicking markings with black and yellow stripes (like '' Laphria thoracica''). They can be encountered from July through September.
Species
Select species include: *'' Laphria affinis'' Macquart, 1855 *'' Laphria aktis'' Mcatee, 1919 *'' Laphria altitudinum'' Bromley, 1924 *'' Laphria apila'' (Bromley, 1951) *'' Laphria aurea'' (Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1794)
*'' Laphria canis'' Williston, 1883
*'' Laphria ephippium'' (Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1781)
*'' Laphria fernaldi'' (Back, 1904)
*'' Laphria flava'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1761)
*'' Laphria flavescens'' Macquart, 1838
*'' Laphria flavicollis'' Say, 1824
*'' Laphria gilva'' (Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
*'' Laphria ithypyga'' Mcatee, 1919
*'' Laphria ivorina'' Oldroyd, 1968
*'' Laphria kistjakovskiji'' Paramonov, 1929
*''Laphria sadales
''Laphria sadales'' is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.
References
External links
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Laphria (fly), sadales
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, 1849
*'' Laphria saffrana'' Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1805
*'' Laphria sapporensis'' Matsumura, 1911
*'' Laphria thoracica'' Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1805
*'' Laphria tibialis'' Meigen, 1820
*'' Laphria venezuelensis'' Macquart, 1846
*'' Laphria ventralis'' Williston, 1885
*'' Laphria violacea'' Macquart, 1846
*'' Laphria vulpina'' Meigen, 1820
*'' Laphria xanthothrix'' Hermann, 1914
*'' Laphria yamatonis'' Matsumura, 1916
References
External links
* W. L. Mcatee - Key to the Nearctic Species of the genus Laphria (Diptera, Asilidae)Kb.osu.edu
* Stephen W. Bullington, Ph.D.
The Laphriini Pages
* Herschel Raney
* {{Taxonbar, from=Q11105137 Asilidae genera Taxa named by Johann Wilhelm Meigen Diptera of Asia