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by various authors July 24 2005

The following taxa are photographed:

  1. Atomosiini species, © Nelson
  2. Ablautus species, © Holston
  3. Albibarbefferia albibarbis (MACQUART, 1838), © Lavigne
  4. Antipalus varipes (MEIGEN, 1820), © Wolff
  5. Asilus crabroniformis L., 1758, © Wolff
  6. Asilus sericeus SAY, 1823, © Beaton
  7. Carinefferia cressoni (HINE, 1919), © Lavigne
  8. Choerades gilva (L., 1758), © Wolff
  9. Choerades ignea (MEIGEN, 1820), © Wolff
  10. Choerades marginata (LINNAEUS, 1758), © Geller-Grimm, © Wolff
  11. Comantella fallei (BACK, 1909), © Lavigne
  12. Cyrtopogon auratus COLE IN COLE & LOVETT, 1919, © Lavigne
  13. Cyrtopogon banksi WILCOX & MARTIN, 1936, © Lavigne
  14. Cyrtopogon lateralis (FALLÉN, 1814), © Wolff
  15. Cyrtopogon montanus LOEW, 1874, © Lavigne
  16. Dasypogon diadema (FABRICIUS, 1781), © Geller-Grimm
  17. Dicolonus sparsipilosus BACK, 1909, © Lavigne
  18. Dicropaltum mesae (TUCKER, 1907), © Lavigne
  19. Dioctria atricapilla MEIGEN, 1804, © Wolff, © Geller-Grimm
  20. Dioctria cothurnata MEIGEN, 1820, © Wolff
  21. Dioctria hyalipennis (F., 1794), © Wolff, © Geller-Grimm
  22. Dioctria rufipes (DE GEER, 1776), © Wolff
  23. Diogmites angustipennis LOEW, 1866, © Lavigne
  24. Dolopus simulans DANIELS, 1987, © Geller-Grimm
  25. Dysmachus trigonus (MEIGEN, 1804), © Geller-Grimm, © Wolff
  26. Eccritosia zamon (TOWNSEND, 1895), © Lavigne
  27. Efferia argyrogaster (MACQUART, 1846), © Lavigne
  28. Efferia species, © Lavigne
  29. Eutolmus rufibarbis MEIGEN, 1820, © Wolff
  30. Heteropogon paurosomus PRITCHARD, 1935, © Lavigne
  31. Holopogon albipilosus CURRAN, 1923, © Lavigne
  32. Laphria bomboides MACQUART in LUCAS, 1849, © Holstein
  33. Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761), © Holstein
  34. Laphria sadales WALKER, 1849, © Lavigne
  35. Lasiopogon cinctus (F, 1781), © Wolff
  36. Lasiopogon cinereus COLE IN COLE & LOVETT, 1919, © Lavigne
  37. Leptarthrus brevirostris (MEIGEN, 1804), © Geller-Grimm
  38. Leptogaster cylindrica (DE GEER, 1776), © Geller-Grimm
  39. Leptogaster guttiventris ZETTERSTEDT, 1842 , © Wolff
  40. Leptogaster species, © Lavigne
  41. Machimus arthriticus (ZELLER, 1840), © Wolff
  42. Machimus cf. cyanopus (Loew, 1849), © Holstein
  43. Machimus gonatistes (ZELLER, 1840), © Wolff
  44. Machimus rusticus (MEIGEN, 1820), © Geller-Grimm, © Holstein
  45. Megaphorus guildianus (WILLISTON, 1885), © Lavigne
  46. Microstylum species, © Kotrba
  47. Neoepitriptus setosulus (ZELLER, 1840), © Wolff
  48. Neoitamus cyanurus (LOEW, 1849), © Wolff
  49. Neoitamus socius (LOEW, 1871), © Geller-Grimm
  50. Neomochtherus geniculatus (MEIGEN, 1820), © Wolff
  51. Neomochtherus pallipes (MEIGEN, 1820), © Wolff
  52. Ospriocerus latipennis (LOEW, 1866), © Lavigne
  53. Pamponerus germanicus (L., 1758), © Wolff
  54. Phellus olgae PARAMONOV, 1953, © Collins
  55. Philonicus albiceps (MEIGEN, 1820), © Geller-Grimm, © Holstein, © Wolff
  56. Pogonioefferia benedicti (BROMLEY, 1940), © Lavigne
  57. Pogonioefferia frewingi (WILCOX, 1966), © Lavigne
  58. Pogonioefferia pallidula (HINE, 1911), © Lavigne
  59. Pogonioefferia triton (OSTEN-SACKEN, 1887), © Lavigne
  60. Proctacanthella cacopiloga (HINE, 1909), © Lavigne
  61. Proctacanthella leucopogon [homonym] (WILLISTON, 1893), © Lavigne
  62. Proctacanthus milbertii MACQUART, 1838, © Lavigne
  63. Proctacanthus species, © Beaton
  64. Promachus dimidiatus CURRAN, 1927, © Lavigne
  65. Scleropogon neglectus (BROMLEY, 1931), © Lavigne
  66. Scleropogon picticornis LOEW, 1866, © Lavigne
  67. Stenopogon inquinatus LOEW, 1866, © Lavigne
  68. Stenopogon junceus (WIEDEMANN in MEIGEN, 1820), © Taylor
  69. Stenopogon obscuriventris LOEW, 1872, © Lavigne
  70. Stichopogon elegantulus (Wiedemann in Meigen, 1820), © Reder
  71. Stichopogon trifasciatus (SAY, 1823), © Beaton
  72. Tolmerus atricapillus (FALLÉN, 1814), © Geller-Grimm
  73. Tolmerus cingulatus (F, 1781), © Wolff
  74. Tolmerus cingulatus (FABRICIUS, 1781), © Zimmermann
  75. Tolmerus pyragra (ZELLER, 1840), © Wolff
  76. Triorla interrupta (MACQUART, 1834), © Beaton
There are futher images on www.giffbeaton.com/Robber%20Flies.htm (offered by Giff Beaton) and on http://www3.kcn.ne.jp/~tgw/m-index2-e.htm (offered by Yuji Tagawa).

Ablautus species, © Holston Choerades species, © Geller-Grimm Dolopus simulans, © Geller-Grimm
Dolopus simulans, © Geller-Grimm Stenopogon junceus, © Taylor Stenopogon junceus, © Taylor
Tolmerus cingulatus, © Zimmermann Tolmerus cingulatus, © Zimmermann Choerades marginata, © Geller-Grimm
Dasypogon diadema, © Geller-Grimm Dasypogon diadema, © Geller-Grimm Dysmachus trigonus, © Geller-Grimm
Leptarthrus brevirostris, © Geller-Grimm Machimus rusticus, © Geller-Grimm Tolmerus atricapillus, © Geller-Grimm
Laphria bomboides, © Holstein Laphria flava, © Holstein Machimus cf. cyanopus, © Holstein
Machimus rusticus, © Holstein Philonicus albiceps with prey, © Holstein Atomosiini species, © Nelson
Leptogaster cylindrica, © Geller-Grimm Asilus sericeus with prey, © Beaton Proctacanthus species, © Beaton
Stichopogon trifasciatus, © Beaton Triorla interrupta with prey, © Beaton Microstylum with prey, © Kotrba
Antipalus varipes, © Wolff Antipalus varipes with prey, © Wolff Asilus crabroniformis, © Wolff
Asilus crabroniformis with prey, © Wolff Choerades gilva, © Wolff Choerades ignea, © Wolff
Choerades ignea with prey, © Wolff Choerades marginata, © Wolff Cyrtopogon lateralis © Wolff
Cyrtopogon lateralis © Wolff Dioctria atricapilla, © Wolff Dioctria cothurnata, © Wolff
Dioctria cothurnata, © Wolff Dioctria hyalipennis with prey, © Wolff Dioctria rufipes, © Wolff
Dysmachus trigonus, © Wolff Eutolmus rufibarbis, © Wolff Eutolmus rufibarbis, © Wolff
Lasiopogon cinctus, © Wolff Lasiopogon cinctus, © Wolff Lasiopogon cinctus, © Wolff
Leptogaster guttiventris, © Wolff Machimus arthriticus, © Wolff Machimus arthriticus, © Wolff
Machimus gonatistes, © Wolff Machimus gonatistes, © Wolff Neoepitriptus setosulus, © Wolff
Neoitamus cyanurus, © Wolff Neoitamus cyanurus mating, © Wolff Neomochtherus geniculatus, © Wolff
Neomochtherus pallipes with prey, © Wolff Pamponerus germanicus, © Wolff Pamponerus germanicus, © Wolff
Philonicus albiceps, © Wolff Tolmerus cingulatus, © Wolff Tolmerus pyragra, © Wolff
Stichopogon elegantulus, © Reder    
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