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Bee-mimic Robber Flies
Laphria
Laphria, the bee-like robber flies, is a genus described by Johann Wilhelm Meigen in 1803, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Eastern Yellow-backed Laphria
speciesLaphria thoracica

Laphria canis
complexLaphria canis

Laphria sericea
complexLaphria sericea

Black-tailed Laphria
speciesLaphria flavicollis

bumblebee robberfly
speciesLaphria flava

Laphria index
complexLaphria index

Cowboy Laphria
speciesLaphria macquarti

Giant Laphria
speciesLaphria grossa

Painted Laphria
speciesLaphria saffrana

Boreal Laphria
speciesLaphria posticata

Laphria gibbosa
speciesLaphria gibbosa

Red-spotted Laphria
speciesLaphria fernaldi

Yellow-waisted Laphria
speciesLaphria sacrator

Black-waisted Laphria
speciesLaphria divisor

Orange-tailed Laphria
speciesLaphria janus

Laphria ephippium
speciesLaphria ephippium

Pinewoods Laphria
speciesLaphria virginica

Autumn Laphria
speciesLaphria affinis

Ashy Laphria
speciesLaphria cinerea

Columbia Laphria
speciesLaphria columbica

Red-legged Laphria
speciesLaphria sadales

Goliath Laphria
speciesLaphria lata

Laphria rufifemorata
speciesLaphria rufifemorata

Laphria mitsukurii
speciesLaphria mitsukurii

Golden Laphria
speciesLaphria asackeni

Western Yellow-backed Laphria
speciesLaphria astur

Two-toned Laphria
speciesLaphria partitor

Remarkable Laphria
speciesLaphria insignis

Variable Laphria
speciesLaphria felis

Huron Laphria
speciesLaphria huron

Pacific Laphria
speciesLaphria sackeni

Laphria aurea
speciesLaphria aurea

Orange-patched Laphria
speciesLaphria gilva

Prairie Laphria
speciesLaphria vorax

Red-banded Laphria
speciesLaphria asturina

Laphria rufa
speciesLaphria rufa

Champlain Laphria
speciesLaphria champlainii

Bald Laphria
speciesLaphria apila

Laphria bomboides
speciesLaphria bomboides

Orange-bellied Laphria
speciesLaphria ventralis

Laphria dizonias
speciesLaphria dizonias

Southwestern Laphria
speciesLaphria engelhardti

Golden-orange Laphria
speciesLaphria vultur

Red-tailed Laphria
speciesLaphria coquillettii

Western Orange-patched Laphria
speciesLaphria aimatis

Laphria ferox
speciesLaphria ferox

Northeastern Laphria
speciesLaphria altitudinum

Laphria vivax
speciesLaphria vivax

Laphria hakiensis
speciesLaphria hakiensis

Laphria telecles
speciesLaphria telecles

Scorpion Laphria
speciesLaphria scorpio

Silver-backed Laphria
speciesLaphria trux

Laphria hecate
speciesLaphria hecate

Laphria caspica
speciesLaphria caspica

Laphria flavifemorata
speciesLaphria flavifemorata

Laphria empyrea
speciesLaphria empyrea

Laphria auriflua
speciesLaphria auriflua

Laphria comata
speciesLaphria comata

Laphria fulvipes
speciesLaphria fulvipes

Laphria benardi
speciesLaphria benardi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Laphria in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51575.