''Lasiopogon cinctus '' is a
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
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species of robber fly in 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 ...
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[Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain'' British flies'' Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 190]
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Brachyceran flies of Europe
Asilidae
Insects described in 1781