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Cerotainia Schiner, 1868
[Laphriinae: Atomosiini]

Neotropical Nearctic Palaearctic Afrotropical Oriental Australian & Oceania
           

Description: Schiner, J.R. (1868): Diptera. - In: Scherzer, K. von: Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil 2(1)B. - Wien: Kaiserlich-königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckeri: 388 pp., 4 pls. [673].
Type species: Laphria xanthoptera Wiedemann, 1828: 530 [no type locality given]
Literature: Curran, C.H. (1930): New American Asilidae (Diptera). - American Museum Novitates 425: 21 pp.; New York [key].

Nearctic species:

  1. Cerotainia albipilosa Curran, 1930
  2. Cerotainia atrata Jones, 1907
  3. Cerotainia macrocera (Say, 1823)

Cerotainia albipilosa Curran, 1930

- male -

dorsal view   lateral view
head lateral   head dorsal
head frontal   antenna
wing   anatergite with several characteristic spine or spike-like bristles

- female -

dorsal view   lateral view

 

 

 

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