Laphria virginica (Banks, 1917) is a animal in the Asilidae family, order Diptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Laphria virginica (Banks, 1917) (Laphria virginica (Banks, 1917))
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Laphria virginica (Banks, 1917)

Laphria virginica (Banks, 1917)

Laphria virginica is a species of bee-like robber fly in the fly order Diptera.

Family
Genus
Laphria
Order
Diptera
Class
Insecta

About Laphria virginica (Banks, 1917)

Laphria virginica is a species of robber fly. It belongs to the genus Laphria, commonly called bee-like robber flies, and the order Diptera, which includes all flies. This species was first described by Banks in 1917, and its accepted scientific name is Laphria virginica (Banks, 1917).

Photo: (c) Paul Bedell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA) · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Diptera Asilidae Laphria

More from Asilidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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