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Laphystia
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Laphystia

Laphystia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Laphystia.

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25 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Beach Robber Fly

speciesLaphystia litoralis

Gulf Dunerobber

speciesLaphystia texensis

Ochre-faced Dunerobber

speciesLaphystia ochreifrons

Yellow-legged Dunerobber

speciesLaphystia flavipes

Brown Dunerobber

speciesLaphystia laguna

Obscure Gulf Dunerobber

speciesLaphystia opaca

Nevada Dunerobber

speciesLaphystia tolandi

Laphystia erberi

speciesLaphystia erberi

Plains Dunerobber

speciesLaphystia varipes

Gray-tailed Dunerobber

speciesLaphystia martini

Oklahoma Dunerobber

speciesLaphystia bromleyi

Laphystia rufiventris

speciesLaphystia rufiventris

Laphystia sillersi

speciesLaphystia sillersi

Laphystia sonora

speciesLaphystia sonora

Laphystia sabulicola

speciesLaphystia sabulicola

Laphystia kuehlhorni

speciesLaphystia kuehlhorni

Laphystia gigantella

speciesLaphystia gigantella

Laphystia albiceps

speciesLaphystia albiceps

Laphystia brookmani

speciesLaphystia brookmani

Laphystia cazieri

speciesLaphystia cazieri

Laphystia jamesi

speciesLaphystia jamesi

Laphystia torpida

speciesLaphystia torpida

Laphystia notata

speciesLaphystia notata

Laphystia annulata

speciesLaphystia annulata

Laphystia canadensis

speciesLaphystia canadensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 61599.