Neoitamus cothurnatus
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| Neoitamus cothurnatus Male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Neoitamus |
| Species: | N. cothurnatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoitamus cothurnatus (Meigen, 1820)
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Neoitamus cothurnatus, the scarce awl robberfly, is a species of 'robber fly' belonging to the family Asilidae.[1]
Distribution
This species is present in Europe.[2]
Description
Neoitamus cothurnatus can reach a body length of about 12–17 millimetres (0.47–0.67 in).
This species is rather similar to Neoitamus cyanurus. The latter shows more elongate and almost totally black hind basitarsi, that are mostly red in Neiotamus cothurnatus.[5] [6][7]
Biology
These robberflies fly from end of May to middle of August.[8]
References
- ^ EU-nomen
- ^ Catalogue of life
- ^ William Lundbeck Diptera danica : genera and species of flies hitherto found in Denmark
- ^ Robbe flies - Photographic atlas and identification key
- ^ Flickr
- ^ Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 1909.BHL Full text with illustrations
- ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
- ^ Waarnemingen
External links
Data related to Neoitamus cothurnatus at Wikispecies
Media related to Neoitamus cothurnatus at Wikimedia Commons- Grim Robberflies of Germany
- Images representing Neoitamus cothurnatus
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