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Common Awl Robberfly

Neoitamus cyanurus

Classification

Class
Insecta
Order
Diptera
Family
Asilidae

Neoitamus cyanurus, the common awl robberfly, is a carnivorous species of 'robber fly' belonging to the family Asilidae. Distribution It is an eastern Palearctic realm species, with a limited distribution in Europe (Austria, Belgium, British Isles, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, North European Russia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands), but it is also present in the Near East and in the Oriental realm. Habitat This species mainly inhabits spruce forest edge and hedge rows.

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Netherlands · 8,137Germany · 661United Kingdom · 271France · 20Belgium · 13Switzerland · 7Italy · 6Spain · 1