Short-horned Pixie Leptogaster brevicornis Loew, 1872    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Diptera   >   Family Asilidae   >   Genus Leptogaster   

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This species and other Leptogaster are small, slender robber flies with long abdomens and long legs. The details of coloration of the legs are often important for specific identification. Leptogaster brevicornis has the hind legs prominently banded orange and black (Norm Lavers' robber fly site). This species is the most common member of the genus in Virginia (Bedell, 2010).

There are 3 records in the project database.

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