Blepharotes splendidissimus is a robber fly in the family Asilidae found in eastern Australia. Recognised by its shiny black abdomen, it is the second largest of its genus. It was described by the German naturalist Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann in 1830 as Laphria splendidissima.[1][2]
| Blepharotes splendidissimus | |
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| In Bexley, New South Wales, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Blepharotes |
| Species: | B. splendidissimus
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| Binomial name | |
| Blepharotes splendidissimus | |
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It is around 2.5 cm (1 in) long with a wingspan of 4 cm (1.6 in).[3] It has a black abdomen and dark brown wings.[4]
Walter Wilson Froggatt reported seeing it commonly in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Wiedemann, Christian Rudolph Wilhelm (1830). Aussereuropäische Zweiflügelige Insekten. Vol. 2. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Australian Biological Resources Study (18 March 2013). "Species Blepharotes splendidissimus (Wiedemann, 1830)". Australian Faunal Directory (in German). Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
- ^ Farrow, Roger (May 2016). Insects of South-Eastern Australia: An Ecological and Behavioural Guide. Melbourne, Victoria: Csiro Publishing. p. 202. ISBN 9781486304752.
- ^ a b Ricardo, Gertrude (1913). "A revision of the Asilidae of Australasia [part]". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 11: 409–25 [411].
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