Laphystia Explained

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

Species

These 56 species belong to the genus Laphystia:

• Laphystia actius (Melander, 1923)

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• Laphystia aegyptiaca Efflatoun, 1937

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• Laphystia albicans Engel, 1932

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• Laphystia albiceps (Macquart, 1846)

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• Laphystia alpheia Janssens, 1958

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• Laphystia anatolica (Hermann, 1920)

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• Laphystia annulata Hull, 1957

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• Laphystia bromleyi Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia brookmani Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia canadensis Curran, 1927

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• Laphystia carnea Hermann, 1906

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• Laphystia cazieri Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia columbina Schiner, 1868

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• Laphystia confusa Curran, 1927

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• Laphystia dimidiata Oldroyd, 1958

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• Laphystia duncani Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia erberi Schiner, 1866

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• Laphystia fasciata (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1880)

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• Laphystia flavipes Coquillett, 1904

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• Laphystia francoisi Janssens, 1966

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• Laphystia gigantella (Loew, 1852)

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• Laphystia hispanica Strobl, 1906

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• Laphystia howlandi Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia jamesi Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia kazaka Lehr, 1969

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• Laphystia kuehlhorni Janssens, 1961

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• Laphystia laguna Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia lanhami James, 1941

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• Laphystia latiuscula Loew, 1871

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• Laphystia lehri Abbassian-Lintzen, 1964

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• Laphystia limatula Coquillett, 1904

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• Laphystia litoralis Curran, 1931

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• Laphystia martini Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia notata (Bigot, 1878)

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• Laphystia ochreifrons Curran, 1931

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• Laphystia opaca Coquillett, 1904

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• Laphystia pilamensis Hradsky, 1983

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• Laphystia robusta Hermann, 1908

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• Laphystia rubra Hull, 1957

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• Laphystia rufiventris Curran, 1931

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• Laphystia rufofasciata Curran, 1931

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• Laphystia sabulicola Loew, 1847

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• Laphystia schnusei Hermann, 1908

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• Laphystia selenis Paramonov, 1930

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• Laphystia setosa Theodor, 1980

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• Laphystia sexfasciata (Say, 1823)

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• Laphystia sillersi Hull, 1963

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• Laphystia snowi Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia sonora Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia stigmaticallis Bigot, 1878

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• Laphystia texensis Curran, 1931

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• Laphystia tolandi Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia tollandi

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• Laphystia torpida Hull, 1957

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• Laphystia utahensis Wilcox, 1960

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• Laphystia varipes Curran, 1931

^{i c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea). 2009. Dikow . T.. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. . 319. 2246/5949. free.
• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.
• A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera). 2004. Geller-Grimm . Fritz. Studia Dipterologica. 10.