Pegesimallus
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| Pegesimallus | |
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| Pegesimallus sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Dasypogoninae |
| Genus: | Pegesimallus Loew, 1857 |
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Pegesimallus is a genus of robber flies.
Africa and Eurasia.[1]
Biology
These species spend much of their time perched in the shade on shrubs or grass, where they lie in wait for flying insects. Their prey includes a wide variety of arthropods; Hymenoptera and Diptera predominate. Females oviposit in the surface layer of the soil.[2][3]
Female with fly prey
Mating pair; female with wasp prey
Mating pair
