Laphria

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Antliophora
Ordo: Diptera
Subordo: Brachycera
Infraordo: Asilomorpha
Superfamilia: Asiloidea

Familia: Asilidae
Subfamilia: Laphriinae
Tribus: Laphriini
Genus: Laphria
Species: L. affinis – L. apila – L. aktis – L. canis – L. cinerea – L. divisor – L. fattigi – L. flava – L. flavicollis – L. grossa – L. index – L. ithypyga – L. lata – L. macquarti – L. nigella – L. posticata – L. sacrator – L. sadales – L. saffrana – L. sericea – L. sicula – L. thoracica – L. virginica – L. vorax – L. winnemana
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Name

Laphria Meigen, 1803

Primary references

Meigen, J. 1803. Versuch einer neuen Gattungseintheilung der europäischen zweiflügeligen Insekten. Magazin für Insektenkunde 2: 259–281. BHL Reference page.

Laphria thoracica

References

Dennis, D.S. & Barnes, J.K. 2013. Pupal cases of four Nearctic species of Laphria (Diptera: Asilidae). Zootaxa 3681(4): 478–492. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.4.9 Reference page.

Laphria is a genus described by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1803, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae. Members of this genus are known as bee-like robber flies. This genus has a Holarctic 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 15–25 mm (0.59–0.98 in) in length. Most Laphria species are quite hairy and black in color. Some have bee-mimicking markings with black and yellow stripes (See Laphria thoracica). They can be encountered from July through September.
Species
Main article: List of Laphria species

Select species include:[1][2][3][4]

Laphria affinis Macquart, 1855
Laphria aktis Mcatee, 1919
Laphria altitudinum Bromley, 1924
Laphria apila (Bromley, 1951)
Laphria canis Williston, 1883
Laphria ephippium (Fabricius, 1781)
Laphria fernaldi (Back, 1904)
Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761)
Laphria flavescens Macquart, 1838
Laphria flavicollis Say, 1824
Laphria ithypyga Mcatee, 1919
Laphria ivorina Oldroyd, 1968
Laphria kistjakovskiji Paramonov, 1929
Laphria sadales Walker, 1849
Laphria saffrana Fabricius, 1805
Laphria sapporensis Matsumura, 1911
Laphria thoracica Fabricius, 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

"Laphria Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"Browse Laphria". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"Laphria". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
"Laphria Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.