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Family Asilidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Slender Robber Flies in Subfamily Leptogasterinae
that we found
in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Mating pair, body length 15mm, Nov 2008, Yugarapul Park
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- In Australia there is only one genus Leptogaster in this subfamily Leptogasterinae.
They are quite different from
other Robber Flies.
They are relatively small and very slender. They fly slowly as damselfly and sometimes even
hovering. They attack prey that
are insects on plants and even spiders on web, but not those flying insects
on flight.
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- We found quite a number of different specise in this subfamily but not
much information about them is available.
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- Robber Flies in subfamily Leptogasterinae
can be recognized by the following characteristics;
- - abdomen is long and slender,
- - mostly grey in colour.
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- Grey-legged Slender Robber Fly
 
- Leptogaster sp., body length 15mm
- This Grey-legged Slender Robber is brownish-grey in colour with
brownish-grey legs. Please check this page for more information.
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- Orange Slender Robber Fly
- Leptogaster sp., body length 15mm
- The robber fly is orange-grey in colour. Please check this page for more
information.
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- Orange-legged Slender Robber Fly
- Leptogaster sp., body length 15mm
- This Slender Robber Fly has the orange-brown colour legs. The body is grey
to dark-grey in colours. Please check this page for
more information.
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- Line-legged Slender Robber Fly
 
- Leptogaster sp., body length 15mm
- We distinguished this Slender Robber Fly by the dark-brown line patterns on
its legs. Please check this page for
more information.
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- Brown-legged Slender Robber Fly
- Leptogaster sp., body length 15mm
- The Slender Robber Fly is brownish-grey in colour with dark-brown legs. Please check this page for
more information.
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- Black-legged Slender Robber Fly
- Leptogaster sp., body length 15mm
- The robber fly has the black body with white band on each abdomen segments.
The legs are in dark brown colour. Please check this page for
more information.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 758.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p363.
- 3. Leptogastrinae
page - Rubber Flies.
- 4. Northern
Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
- 5. Family ASILIDAE Robber Flies - Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory.
- 6. Australian Asilidae - Dr. Robert
Lavigne, Honorary Research Associate, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA.
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