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Blepharotes

Blepharotes is a genus of robber fly in the family Asilidae. Its members are found in Eastern Australia. They include the giant yellow robber fly Blepharotes coriarius, and B. splendidissimus.

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Blepharotes
B. splendidissimus,
Bexley, New South Wales
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Subfamily: Asilinae
Genus: Blepharotes
Westwood, in Duncan, 1840
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Blepharotes is a genus of robber fly in the family Asilidae. Its members are found in Eastern Australia. They include the giant yellow robber fly Blepharotes coriarius, and B. splendidissimus.