Dagger Laphria
Laphria sicula McAtee, 1919
Dagger Laphria: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/2589
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Laphria sicula is part of a difficult complex of small, black Laphria which are troublesome to identify. Males can be identified by structure of the genitalia, and the presence/absence and shape of small prongs on the posterior margin of the sixth abdominal tergite. They can occasionally be identified from a sharp macro photo (or ideally, a series of photos, or a specimen). Females are essentially unidentifiable without dissection, unless they are collected in copula with a male (hopefully these don't readily hybridize!). Photos that cannot be determined to species (including all females) should be placed in the Laphria canis complex. Thank you.

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Laphria sicula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Genus: Laphria
Species:
L. sicula
Binomial name
Laphria sicula
Mcatee, 1919

Laphria sicula is a species of robber flies in the family Asilidae.[1][2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Laphria sicula Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  2. ^ "Laphria sicula species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  3. ^ "Laphria sicula". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
  4. ^ "Laphria sicula Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-06.