Laphria flava, the bumblebee robberfly, yellow robberfly or yellow assassin fly, is a fly of the Asilidae family.
| Laphria flava | |
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| Front view of a male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Laphria |
| Species: | L. flava
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| Binomial name | |
| Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761)
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Features
editThe size of the yellow predators is variable, reaching a body length of 12 to 25 millimeters and are strongly built. They have dense hairs, which are coloured yellow and black making it resemble a bumblebee. The anterior part of the chest is covered with short, yellow hair; the posterior part of the chest has a dense, long hairs of the same colour, which are directed backwards. The back and legs are also hairy.
Literature
edit- Heiko Bellmann: Insekten. 2nd edition, Steinbachs Naturführer, Eugen Ulmer Verlag, 2010, S. 145, ISBN 978-3-8001-5931-4
- Heiko Bellmann: Der neue Kosmos Insektenführer. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2009, S. 228, ISBN 978-3-440-11924-2
External links
edit- Gelbe Mordfliege Steckbrief bei Insektenbox.de