Biology:Cerotainiops abdominalis
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Short description: Species of fly
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Genus: | Cerotainiops |
| Species: | C. abdominalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cerotainiops abdominalis (Brown, 1897)
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Cerotainiops abdominalis is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.[1][2][3][4] 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. [5]
References
- ↑ "Cerotainiops abdominalis Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/317559.
- ↑ "Cerotainiops abdominalis Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=133341.
- ↑ "Cerotainiops abdominalis Overview". http://eol.org/pages/737418/overview.
- ↑ "Cerotainiops abdominalis species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/9f869954e85a62c094da2a0d5353a3dc.
- ↑ Pollock, Darren A.; Davidson, Robert L. (2023-04-11). "New Records of Coleoptera as Prey of Robber Flies1 in Eastern New Mexico and West Texas". Southwestern Entomologist 48 (1). doi:10.3958/059.048.0101. ISSN 0147-1724. https://bioone.org/journals/southwestern-entomologist/volume-48/issue-1/059.048.0101/New-Records-of-Coleoptera-as-Prey-of-Robber-Flies1-in/10.3958/059.048.0101.full. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Bromley, S.W. (1950). "Florida Asilidae (Diptera) with descriptions of one new species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 43: 227–239.
- Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 2008. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". American Museum of Natural History. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/5949.
- Hull, F.M. (1962). "Robber flies of the world". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 224.
- McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; Vockeroth, J.R.; Wood, D.M. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
External links
- Dikow, Torsten (2018). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. http://asiloidflies.si.edu/.
- "Diptera.info". https://diptera.info/.
Wikidata ☰ Q10745234 entry
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