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Robber flies from Sint Eustatius, Lesser Antilles, with the descriptions of Efferia exaggerata sp. n. and the male of Ommatius prolongatus Scarbrough (Diptera: Asilidae)

European Invertebrate Survey – the Netherlands / Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands.
Diptera Dutch Caribbean northern Leeward islands

Abstract

Four species of robber flies are recorded from Sint Eustatius, Lesser Antilles. Efferia exaggerata sp. n. is described, as well as the male of Ommatius prolongatus Scarbrough.

 

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