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Diogmites
Sign in to saveDiogmites is a genus of mainly neotropical flies in the family Asilidae or robber flies.
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It is catalogued under the topic Asilidae genera.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 370
- With media
- 27
- Family
- Asilidae
- Collections
- INDRE-SSA
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Asilidae
- Image
- Hanging Thief Robber Fly (Diogmites crudelis) (7736461008).jpg
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- taxon name
- Diogmites
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Diogmites
- taxon common name
- Hanging-thieves
- Commons category
- Diogmites
- diel cycle
- diurnality
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Diogmites is a genus of mainly neotropical flies in the family Asilidae or robber flies.
== Description == Medium to large-sized robber flies (17–48 mm) with mostly minute body hair, thoracal bristles are mostly confined to a row on the mesonotum and two bristles on the scutellum. The mystax is of relatively modest size and is made up of comparatively few bristles, which do not or barely overlap the beak in side view. The antennae have a relatively slender third article that forms over half of the antennal length and carries a single, minute apical hair. Face narrower than the width of one eye. Abdomen slender and sometimes slightly constricted, its posterior end reaches the wing tips or extends past these. Wings are usually clear or only slightly tinted. Body coloration often predominantly straw-yellowish to orange-reddish, in some species darker brown to black. Eye coloration of live animals often includes iridescent green.
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