Asilidae


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Noun1.Asilidae - robber fliesAsilidae - robber flies        
family Asilidae
arthropod family - any of the arthropods
Diptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies
bee killer, robber fly - swift predatory fly having a strong body like a bee with the proboscis hardened for sucking juices of other insects captured on the wing
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The feeding and mating of Leptogaster annulatus (Diptera: Asilidae).
Diversity, seasonal activity and habitat associations of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) in west-central Illinois
Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) represent a large family of predatory insects with roughly 1,000 North American species and over 7,000 species worldwide (Borror et al., 1989; Ghahari et al., 2007).
A survey of the robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of Ira and Reatha T. post wildlife sanctuary, McDonough County, Illinois USA
Ethology of Cerotainia albipilosa Curran (Diptera: Asilidae) in Maryland: predatory behavior.
Large size as an antipredator defense in an insect
Testing species richness estimation methods using museum label data on the Danish Asilidae. Biodiversity and Conservation 12:687-701.
Diversity and composition of spider assemblages in five vegetation types of the Terai Conservation Area, India
Although an extensive survey of morphological structures of insect eggs has been conducted (Hinton 1981; Margaritis 1985), little information concerning the surface structure of eggs of Asilidae is present.
Ultrastructure of the chorion of Echthistus cognatus (Loew, 1849) (Diptera, Asilidae) (1)
Most of the North American robber fly species from the family Asilidae (experts estimate more than 1,000 different species) have a long wasplike abdomen.
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The following 17 Dipteran families were recorded for both sites: Tabanidae, Stratiomyidae, Asilidae, Culicidae, Mycetophilidae, Tachinidae, Muscidae, Tipulidae, Anthomyiidae, Bombyliidae, Tanypezidae, Syrphidae, Sciaridae, Pipunculidae, Chironomidae, Dolichopodidae, and Conopidae.
Evaluating diversity: a baseline study comparing the diversity of the order Diptera in two distinct sites in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico
Revision of the New World species of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae): the neotropical costatus species group.
Fifty years of entomological publications in the Revista de Biologia Tropical
THE SUBFAMILY LEPTOGASTRINAE (DIPTERA: ASILIDAE) IN COLORADO AND WYOMING, USA.
The subfamily Leptogastrinae (Diptera: Asilidae) in Colorado and Wyoming, USA
The robber flies (Diptera Asilidae) of the Albany Pinebush.
A Dynamical Model of Communities and a New Species-Abundance Distribution
Impact of predation by the robber fly Proctacanthus milbertii (Diptera: Asilidae) on grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) populations.
PLANT QUALITY AND SPIDER PREDATION AFFECTS GRASSHOPPERS (ACRIDIDAE): FOOD-QUALITY-DEPENDENT COMPENSATORY MORTALITY

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