Efferia aestuans

Efferia aestuans

Efferia aestuans male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Genus:	Efferia
Species:	E. aestuans
Binomial name
*Efferia aestuans* (Linnaeus, 1763)
Synonyms
Asilus aestuans Linnaeus, 1763 Asilus niger Wiedemann, 1821 Erax bastardi Macquart, 1838 Erax incisuralis Macquart, 1838 Erax tibialis Macquart, 1838

E. aestuans is a member of the Asilidae family. It ranges from Ontario and New Hampshire south into Florida and New Mexico.^[1] It was originally described as Asilus aestuans in Carl Linnaeus' 1763 work Centuria Insectorum.^[2]

It reaches a body length of 18 mm in males and 23 mm in females.^[3]

References

↑ "Species Efferia aestuans - BugGuide.Net". Retrieved January 18, 2009.
↑ "Asilus aestuans Linnaeus, 1763". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
↑ http://bugguide.net/node/view/20274

External links

Media related to Efferia aestuans at Wikimedia Commons

External identifiers for Efferia aestuans
Encyclopedia of Life	7372999
ITIS	133506
NCBI	219348
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