Vieira, Rodrigo;Camargo, Alexssandro;Pollet, Marc;Dikow, Torsten
Efferia
Sign in to savethumb|A view from above of a female Efferia deserti - note the converging veins R4 and R5 at the wing tip and the narrow cell r4 between both veins; quite a few Efferia species (like this one) have a short vein stub branching off near the split of R4 from R5 thumb|Male of Efferia aestuans thumb|Female of Efferia aestuans
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,673
- With media
- 57
- Family
- Asilidae
- Collections
- INDRE-SSA
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Efferia aestuans.jpg
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- diel cycle
- diurnality
- taxon name
- Efferia
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Efferia
- Commons category
- Efferia
- taxon common name
- draconic flies
- main food source
- Araneae
- habitat
- grassland
- taxon range
- New Hampshire
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thumb|A view from above of a female Efferia deserti - note the converging veins R4 and R5 at the wing tip and the narrow cell r4 between both veins; quite a few Efferia species (like this one) have a short vein stub branching off near the split of R4 from R5 thumb|Male of Efferia aestuans thumb|Female of Efferia aestuans
Efferia is an insect genus of mainly neotropical and nearctic Diptera in the family Asilidae or robber flies. It is one of the most species-rich genera of Asilidae, with particularly high diversity in arid or semi-arid ecosystems of the New World.
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