Leptarthrus brevirostris is a Palearctic species of robber fly in the family Asilidae. Key to Leptarthrus species Milan Hradský & Fritz Geller-Grimm (1997) [Published in: Mitteilungen des Internationalen Vereins 22(1/2): 11-14; Frankfurt a.M.] It is a medium size (body length to 10 mm) greyish over black robberfly with black and red legs and a strongly humped, very hairy thorax. The males have very slender hind tarsi Difficult to distinguish from other Leptarthrus. Wolff, Gebel and Geller-Grimm (2021), ( Majer (1997), van den Broek (1979), Stubbs and Drake (2001) all provide keys, descriptions and illustrations. Older works are also useful eg. Seguy (1920) Seguy, E., (1920)Faune de France Faune n° 17 Diptères Asilidae. 188 p., 389 fig Lechevalier editions (Paris: Éditions Faune de France)(Oldroyd (1969)Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London. Majer,D.M. European Asilidae, in Papp L. & Darvas B. (eds.), Contributions to a manual of Palaearctic Diptera, volume 2 Nematocera and Lower Brachycera. Science Herald, Budapest (Hongrie), 1997, pp.549-567 van den Broek, R., Schulten, A., Wouwen N.(traducteur), Field Guide to the Robberflies of the Netherlands and Belgium, Éditions Jeugdbondsuitgeverij, 2017, 136 pages, (ISBN 9789051070545) Danny Wolff, Markus Gebel and Fritz Geller-Grimm: The Robber Flies of Germany: Discovering - Observing - Identifying . Quelle & Meyer, Wiebelsheim 2018, ISBN 978-3-494-01733-4 References
External links Geller Grim Robberflies of Germany Images representing Leptarthrus brevirostris