Promachus yesonicus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Diptera
- Family
- Asilidae
- Genus
- Promachus
- Species
- Promachus yesonicus
- Scientific Name
- Promachus yesonicus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Promachus yesonicus
Promachus yesonicus, or shioya-abu (塩屋虻, シオヤアブ) in Japanese, is a species of robber flies. In Japanese, "shioya" means a salt merchant (someone who makes or deals in salt), and "abu" means a horse-fly. This insect is called "shioya-abu" because the males have a white tip to their tail that resembles salt.
...Promachus yesonicus in languages:
- Chinese
- 大食蟲虻
- Japanese
- シオヤアブ
- Korean
- 파리매
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Parent Taxon
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- Promachus leoninus
- Promachus leontochlaenus
- Promachus lineosus
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- Promachus transvaalensis
- Promachus truquii
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- Promachus venustus
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