Efferia

Translingual

Efferia sp. predating on Apis mellifera (the European honey bee or western honey bee), a particularly common prey of choice from flies of this genus.

Etymology

Likely from Latin efferō (“to carry out of; to carry out”) +‎ -ia f.

Proper noun

Efferia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asilidae – many robber flies, populous among arid and aridic regions of the New World.

Hypernyms

• (robber fly genus): Asilini (tribe)

Coordinate terms

• (robber fly genus): Asilus, Abrophila, Cerdistus, Colepia, Dicropaltum, Dolopus, Eccritosia, Machimus, Mallophora, Mauropteron, Negasilus, Neoaratus, Neoitamus, Philonicus, Polacantha, Proctacanthella, Proctacanthus, Prolatiforceps, Promachella, Promachus, Reburrus, Rhadiurgus, Trichomachimus, Zosteria (Asilini genera)

See also

• Efferia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Efferia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Efferia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons