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Laphriinae
Hyperechia marshalli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Subfamily: Laphriinae

Laphriinae is a subfamily of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are more than 110 genera and 1,000 described species in Laphriinae.[1][2][3][4] Larvae of the genus Hyperechia are known to grow inside the cells of Xylocopa bees, feeding on their larvae.[5]

Smeryngolaphria numitor
Atomosia melanopogon

Laphriinae genera

Genera in the subfamily include:

References

  1. ^ "Laphriinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  2. ^ Dikow, Torsten (2019). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
  3. ^ Laphriinae. Fauna Europaea.
  4. ^ Poulton, Edward B. (1924). "VI. The relation between the larvae of the Asilid genus Hyperechia (Laphriinae) and those of Xylocopid bees". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 72 (1–2): 121–133. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1924.tb03352.x.

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