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Asilus

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Asilus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 150 described species in Asilus.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyAsilidae
Habitatmarine

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
793
With media
42
Family
Asilidae
Collections
INDRE-SSA, UAM, MHNCA, CHAS, TTU, UNM
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Asiluscrabroniformis.JPG
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diel cycle
diurnality
Commons category
Asilus
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Asilus
topic's main category
Category:Asilus
taxon author citation
Linnaeus, 1758
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Encyclopedic overview

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Asilus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 150 described species in Asilus.

==See also== List of Asilus species

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asilus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.