Blepharotes splendidissimus explained

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.[1]

It is around 2.5 cm (1 in) long with a wingspan of 4 cm (1.6 in).[2] It has a black abdomen and dark brown wings.[3]

Walter Wilson Froggatt reported seeing it commonly in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Species Blepharotes splendidissimus (Wiedemann, 1830) . Australian Biological Resources Study. 18 March 2013. Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. 19 October 2017. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory . German.
  2. Book: Farrow, Roger . Insects of South-Eastern Australia: An Ecological and Behavioural Guide . May 2016 . 202 . Csiro Publishing . Melbourne, Victoria . 9781486304752.
  3. Ricardo . Gertrude . A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia [part] ]. 409–25 [411] . 1913 . The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology . 11.

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