''Choerades'' is a genus of

robber flies 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 ...

described by Francis Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae.

Description

Genus ''Choerades'' is closely related to the genera ''

Laphria Laphria may refer to: * Laphria (fly), a genus of robber flies * Laphria (festival) Laphria (Ancient Greek: τὰ Λάφρια) was an ancient Greek religious festival in honour of the goddess Artemis, held every year in Patras. There was a sanctuar ...

'' and '' Bombomima''. They can mainly be distinguished by genitalic differences in males, as the shape of the upper forceps or the evolution of lamellae from the fusion of bristles, but also for the length of hairs and bristles on the facial gibbosity. The adults' average sizes reach . These robber flies are quite hairy, their body is usually black, while the bee-mimicking abdomen shows black and yellow stripes. They generally prey on insects of a variety of species, including flies, bees, wasps and beetles.

Distribution

The species of this genus are distributed in most of Europe, the Eastern Palearctic realm, the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

, and the

Nearctic realm The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface. The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America t ...

Species

*'' Choerades castellanii'' (Hradský, 1962) *'' Choerades dioctriaeformis'' (Meigen, 1820) *''

Choerades femorata ''Choerades'' is a genus of robber fly, robber flies described by Francis Walker (entomologist), Francis Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae. Description Genus ''Choerades'' is closely related to the genera ''L ...

'' (Meigen, 1804) *'' Choerades fimbriata'' (Meigen, 1820) *''

Choerades fortunata ''Choerades'' is a genus of robber flies described by Francis Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae. Description Genus ''Choerades'' is closely related to the genera ''Laphria'' and '' Bombomima''. They can ma ...

'' Baez & Weinberg, 1981 *'' Choerades fuliginosa'' (Panzer, 1798) *'' Choerades fulva'' (Meigen, 1804) *'' Choerades gilva'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''

Choerades ignea ''Choerades'' is a genus of robber flies described by Francis Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae. Description Genus ''Choerades'' is closely related to the genera ''Laphria'' and '' Bombomima''. They can ma ...

'' (Meigen, 1820) *''

Choerades lapponica ''Choerades'' is a genus of robber flies described by Francis Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae. Description Genus ''Choerades'' is closely related to the genera ''Laphria'' and '' Bombomima''. They can ma ...

'' (Zetterstedt, 1838) *''

Choerades loewi ''Choerades'' is a genus of robber flies described by Francis Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae. Description Genus ''Choerades'' is closely related to the genera ''Laphria'' and '' Bombomima''. They can ma ...

'' (Lehr, 1992) *'' Choerades marginata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) *''

Choerades mouchai ''Choerades'' is a genus of robber flies described by Francis Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae. Description Genus ''Choerades'' is closely related to the genera ''Laphria'' and '' Bombomima''. They can ma ...

'' Hradský, 1985 *''

Choerades rufipes ''Choerades'' is a genus of robber flies described by Francis Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae. Description Genus ''Choerades'' is closely related to the genera ''Laphria'' and '' Bombomima''. They can ma ...

'' (Fallén, 1814) *''

Choerades venatrix ''Choerades'' is a genus of robber flies described by Francis Walker in 1851, belonging to the family Asilidae, subfamily Laphriinae. Description Genus ''Choerades'' is closely related to the genera ''Laphria'' and '' Bombomima''. They can ma ...

'' (Loew, 1847)

References

Fauna Europaea
Fritz Geller-Grimm & M. * J. Smart

* ttp://secretariat.mirror.gbif.org/species/browse/taxon/11348937 Gbif* Nagatomi Akira - ''Japanese Journal of Entomology'
The Status of the Genera ''Laphria'', ''Choerades'' and ''Bombomima''
* Norman T. Baker and Roland L. Fisher - Michigan Entomological Society 197
A Taxonomic and Ecologic Study of the Asilidae of Michigan
* Eugène A. SÉGUY - Diptères-Brachycères. Asilidae, etc. (''Faune de France''. vol. 17.) {{Taxonbar, from=Q5103816 Laphriinae Asilidae genera Articles containing video clips Asilomorph flies of Europe