Maira (fly) explained

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

Species

These 57 species belong to the genus Maira:

• Maira abscissa (Walker, 1860)

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• Maira aenea (Fabricius, 1805)

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• Maira albifacies Wulp, 1872

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• Maira appendiculata Bezzi, 1928

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• Maira aterrima Hermann, 1914

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• Maira auribarbis (Macquart, 1848)

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• Maira aurifacies (Macquart, 1848)

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• Maira bicolor Joseph & Parui, 1987

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• Maira bisnigra Bigot, 1878

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• Maira calopogon (Bigot, 1878)

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• Maira cambodgiensis Bigot, 1878

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• Maira claripennis (Le Guillou, 1842)

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• Maira compta Walker, 1862

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• Maira condecora (Walker, 1862)

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• Maira conveniens (Walker, 1861)

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• Maira delfinadoi Joseph & Parui, 1981

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• Maira elegans (Walker, 1855)

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• Maira elysiaca Osten Sacken, 1881

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• Maira flagellata (Walker, 1862)

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• Maira germana (Walker, 1858)

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• Maira gloriosa (Walker, 1858)

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• Maira gracilicornis Meijere, 1914

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• Maira hirta Meijere, 1913

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• Maira hispidella Wulp, 1872

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• Maira indiana Joseph & Parui, 1987

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• Maira kollari (Doleschall, 1857)

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• Maira lauta Wulp, 1885

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• Maira leei (Paramonov, 1958)

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• Maira limbidorsum Bezzi, 1928

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• Maira longicornis Meijere, 1913

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• Maira longirostrata Bromley, 1935

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• Maira nieifacies (Macquart, 1850)

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• Maira nigrithorax Wulp, 1872

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• Maira nigropilosa Meijere, 1913

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• Maira niveifacies (Macquart, 1850)

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• Maira nychthemera Wulp, 1872

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• Maira occulta Wulp, 1872

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• Maira paradisiaca (Walker, 1859)

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• Maira paria Bigot, 1878

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• Maira placens (Walker, 1859)

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• Maira pseudoindiana Joseph & Parui, 1995

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• Maira requista (Walker, 1859)

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• Maira setipes (Walker, 1862)

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• Maira smaragdina Bigot, 1878

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• Maira sodalis (Walker, 1858)

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• Maira splendida (Guerin Meneville, 1831)

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• Maira superba Meijere, 1913

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• Maira tincta Meijere, 1913

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• Maira tomentosa Wulp, 1872

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• Maira tuberculata Wulp, 1872

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• Maira vanderwulpi Meijere, 1913

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• Maira varians Ricardo, 1929

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• Maira villipes (Doleschall, 1857)

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• Maira whitneyi Curran, 1936

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• Maira willowsi Curran, 1936

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• Maira wollastoni Austen, 1915

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• Maira xizangensis Shi, 1995

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Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Bromley . S.W.. 1950. Florida Asilidae (Diptera) with descriptions of one new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 43. 2. 227–239. 10.1093/aesa/43.2.227.
• Charles . H. Curran. 1934. The families and genera of North American Diptera. 10.5962/bhl.title.6825. free.
• Web site: 2018-04-22. Dikow . T.. 2009. Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea). American Museum of Natural History. 2246/5949 .
• Hull . F.M.. 1962. Robber flies of the world. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224.
• Book: McAlpine . J.F.. Petersen . B.V.. Shewell . G.E.. Teskey . H.J.. Vockeroth . J.R.. 4. 1987. Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. 978-0660121253.

External links

• Web site: 2018-04-22. Dikow . Torsten. 2018. Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history. National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.
• Web site: 2018-04-22. Diptera.info.