Blepharotes splendidissimus

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Blepharotes splendidissimus
B. splendidissimus, Bexley, New South Wales
B. splendidissimus,
Bexley, New South Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Brachycera
Superfamily: Asiloidea
Family: Asilidae
Subfamily: Asilinae
Genus: Blepharotes
Species: B. splendidissimus
Binomial name
Blepharotes splendidissimus
Wiedemann, 1830

Blepharotes splendidissimus is a robber fly in the family Asilidae found in Eastern Australia. Recognised by its shiny black abdomen, it is the second largest of its genus. It was described by the German naturalist Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann in 1830.


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