Leptogaster cylindrica (De Geer, 1776)
(Striped Slender Robberfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLeptogaster cylindrica (Striped Slender Robberfly)
FamilyASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)
SuperfamilyASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Leptogaster cylindrica (Striped Slender Robberfly) :
1: Leptogaster cylindrica (Striped Slender Robberfly)
30 May 2015 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
swept off Meadow Thistle
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Adult - dorsal view - enlarged - silver background (2)Image 3: Adult - dorso-lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Adult - fore-parts - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 5: Adult - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 6: Adult - head and thorax - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 7: Adult - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Adult - head - dorsal view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 9: Adult - head - lateral view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 10: Adult - lateral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 11: Adult - ventral view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 12: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Leptogaster cylindrica (Striped Slender Robberfly)
9 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU68 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
swept
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral view
3: Leptogaster cylindrica (Striped Slender Robberfly)
27 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Swept off grassy Hypochoeris radicata
Image 1: Dorsal viewImage 2: Lateral viewImage 3: Ventral view
4: Leptogaster cylindrica (Striped Slender Robberfly)
14 Jun 1997 OSGR: SP61 51° 50’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Lateral viewImage 2: Lateral view (2)

Leptogaster cylindrica (Striped Slender Robberfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leptogaster cylindrica (Striped Slender Robberfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Leptogaster cylindrica (Striped Slender Robberfly)
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