''Leptarthrus brevirostris '' 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. Th ...

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 ...

. Key to ''Leptarthrus'' species
Milan Hradský & Fritz Geller-Grimm (1997) ublished in: Mitteilungen des Internationalen Vereins 22(1/2): 11-14; Frankfurt a.M.

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Geller Grim Robberflies of GermanyImages representing ''Leptarthrus brevirostris''
Asilomorph flies of Europe Asilidae Insects described in 1804 {{Asilidae-stub