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Giant Blue Robber Fly
Blepharotes splendidissimus
Blepharotes splendidissimus is a robber fly in the family Asilidae found in eastern Australia. Recognised by its shiny black abdomen, it is the second largest of its genus. It was described by the German naturalist Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann in 1830 as Laphria splendidissima.
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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 634815.