List Of Asilidae Species
This article lists the described fly species of the family Asilidae. There are about 7100 described species worldwide in this family. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z References {{DEFAULTSORT:Asilidae Asilidae The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive pre ...

Asilidae
The Asilidae are the robber fly family, also called assassin flies. They are powerfully built, bristly flies with a short, stout proboscis enclosing the sharp, sucking hypopharynx. The name "robber flies" reflects their notoriously aggressive predatory habits; they feed mainly or exclusively on other insects and, as a rule, they wait in ambush and catch their prey in flight. Overview The Asilidae are a family in the order Diptera, the true flies. The common name for members of the family is the robber flies. The Asilidae are cosmopolitan, with over 7000 described species. Latreille was the authority for establishing the family in 1802. The Asilidae, together with Bombyliidae and Therevidae, are the most representative families of the superfamily of Asiloidea and they form one of the most characteristic groups of the lower Brachycera. Robber flies have stout, spiny legs and three simple eyes (ocelli) in a characteristic depression on the tops of their head between their two la ...
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Prolepsis Lucifer Female
Prolepsis may refer to: * Prolepsis (rhetoric), a figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection and then immediately answers it *Prolepsis (literary), anticipating action, a flash forward, see Foreshadowing * Cataphora, using an expression or word that co-refers with a later expression in the discourse * Flashforward, in storytelling, an interjected scene that represent events in the future * Prolepsis, one of the three criteria of truth in Epicureanism * ''Prolepsis'' (fly), a genus of robber flies * ''Prolepsis'' (album), by Arrogance See also *''Déjà vu'', the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation * Paralipsis Apophasis (; , ) is a rhetorical device wherein the speaker or writer brings up a subject by either denying it, or denying that it should be brought up. Accordingly, it can be seen as a rhetorical relative of irony. The device is also called par ..., providing full details or drawing attention ...
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Prolepsis Lucifer Male
Prolepsis may refer to: * Prolepsis (rhetoric), a figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection and then immediately answers it *Prolepsis (literary), anticipating action, a flash forward, see Foreshadowing * Cataphora, using an expression or word that co-refers with a later expression in the discourse * Flashforward, in storytelling, an interjected scene that represent events in the future * Prolepsis, one of the three criteria of truth in Epicureanism * ''Prolepsis'' (fly), a genus of robber flies * ''Prolepsis'' (album), by Arrogance See also *''Déjà vu'', the experience of feeling sure that one has already witnessed or experienced a current situation * Paralipsis Apophasis (; , ) is a rhetorical device wherein the speaker or writer brings up a subject by either denying it, or denying that it should be brought up. Accordingly, it can be seen as a rhetorical relative of irony. The device is also called par ..., providing full details or drawing attention ...
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