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Efferia quadrimaculata

Efferia quadrimaculata

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae

Efferia is an insect genus of mainly neotropical and nearctic Diptera in the family Asilidae or robber flies. It is one of the most species-rich genera of Asilidae, with particularly high diversity in arid or semi-arid ecosystems of the New World. Description Small to large-sized robber flies (10–40 mm) with distinctly different shape of the posterior end of the abdomen in males versus females.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog