Ant-assassin Chiselmouth

Cerotainiops abdominalis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae

Cerotainiops abdominalis is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae. The species is known to prefer to prey upon Pogonomyrmex ants, but, when temperatures are high, they will prey upon beetles, such as Collops limbellus.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Sources and credits

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