Leptogaster is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 260 described species in Leptogaster.[1][2][3][4]
| Leptogaster | |
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| Leptogaster cylindrica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptogastrinae |
| Genus: | Leptogaster Meigen, 1803 |
| Diversity | |
| at least 270 species | |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Leptogaster Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Browse Leptogaster". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Leptogaster". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
- ^ "Leptogaster Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-02.
Further reading edit
- Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (319). hdl:2246/5949.
- McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
- Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica. 10.
External links edit
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