Laphria is a large genus of robber flies found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Species include:

Laphria abdominalis (Walker, 1855) c g Laphria aberrans Wulp, 1898 c g Laphria aeatus Walker, 1849 i c g Laphria aeneiventris Costa, 1857 c g Laphria affinis Macquart, 1855 i c g b Laphria aimatis McAtee, 1919 i c g Laphria aktis McAtee, 1919 i c g b Laphria albimaculata Macquart, 1838 c g Laphria albitibialis Macquart, 1847 c g Laphria alebas Walker, 1849 c g Laphria alternans Wiedemann, 1828 c g Laphria altitudinum Bromley, 1924 i c g b Laphria amabilis Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria ampla Walker, 1862 c g Laphria annulata Gimmerthal, 1834 c g Laphria annulifemur Enderlein, 1914 c g Laphria anthrax Meigen, 1804 c g Laphria aperta Walker, 1858 c g Laphria apila (Bromley, 1951) i c g b Laphria appendiculata Macquart, 1846 g Laphria argentata (Wiedemann, 1828) Laphria argentifera Walker, 1861 c g Laphria asackeni Wilcox, 1965 i c g b Laphria assamensis Joseph & Parui, 1981 c g Laphria astur Osten Sacken, 1877 i c g b Laphria asturina (Bromley, 1951) i c g b Laphria atomentosa Oldroyd, 1960 c g Laphria aurea (Fabricius, 1794) c Laphria aureola Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria aureopilosa Ricardo, 1900 c g Laphria aureus (Fabricius, 1794) c g Laphria auribasis Walker, 1864 c g Laphria auricincta Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria auricomata Hermann, 1914 c g Laphria auricorpus Hobby, 1948 c g Laphria aurifera Ricardo, 1925 c g Laphria auriflua Gerstaecker, 1861 c g Laphria auroria (Wiedemann, 1828) Laphria azurea Hermann, 1914 c g Laphria bancrofti Ricardo, 1913 c g Laphria barbicrura Rondani, 1875 c g Laphria basalis Hermann, 1914 c g Laphria basigutta Walker, 1857 c g Laphria bella Loew, 1858 c g Laphria bellifontanea Villeneuve, 1928 c g Laphria benardi Villeneuve, 1911 c g Laphria bengalensis (Wiedemann, 1828) Laphria bernsteinii Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria bifasciata (Olivier, 1789) c g Laphria bilykovae Paramonov, 1930 c g Laphria bimaculata (Walker, 1855) c g Laphria bipartita Macquart, 1855 c g Laphria bipenicillata Bigot, 1891 c g Laphria bomboides Macquart, 1849 c g Laphria breonii Macquart, 1838 c g Laphria burnsi Paramonov, 1958 c g Laphria calvescenta Baker, 1975 i c g Laphria canis Williston, 1883 i c g b Laphria carbonaria (Snow, 1896) i c g Laphria carolinensis Schiner, 1867 i c g Laphria caspica Hermann, 1906 c g Laphria champlainii (Walton, 1910) i c g b Laphria chappuisiana (Enderlein, 1914) c g Laphria chrysocephala Meigen, 1820 c g Laphria chrysonota Hermann, 1914 c g Laphria chrysorhiza Hermann, 1914 c g Laphria chrysotelus (Walker, 1855) c g Laphria cinerea (Back, 1904) i c g b Laphria cingulifera Walker, 1856 c g Laphria claripennis Bigot, 1878 c g Laphria coarctata Dufour, 1833 c g Laphria coerulea Boisduval, 1835 c g Laphria coerulescens Macquart, 1834 c g Laphria columbica Walker, 1866 i c g b Laphria comata White, 1918 c g Laphria complens Walker, 1859 c g Laphria completa Walker, 1856 c g Laphria componens Walker, 1860 c g Laphria comptissima Walker, 1856 c g Laphria concludens Walker, 1859 c g Laphria conopoides (Oldroyd, 1972) c g Laphria consistens Curran, 1928 c g Laphria constricta (Walker, 1855) c g Laphria contristans Hobby, 1948 c g Laphria contusa Wiedmann, 1828 c g Laphria coquilletti McAtee, 1919 i Laphria coquillettii McAtee, 1919 c g b Laphria ctenoventris Oldroyd, 1970 c g Laphria cyaneogaster Macquart, 1838 c g Laphria declarata Walker, 1858 c g Laphria definita Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria dentipes Fabricius, 1805 c g Laphria detecta Walker, 1856 c g Laphria dichroa Wiedemann, 1828 c g Laphria dimidiata Macquart, 1846 c g Laphria dimidiatifemur Oldroyd, 1960 c g Laphria dira (Walker, 1855) c g Laphria dispar Coquillett, 1898 c g Laphria dissimilis Doleschall, 1858 c g Laphria diversa Wulp, 1881 c g Laphria divisor (Banks, 1917) i c g b Laphria divulsa Walker, 1864 c g Laphria dizonias Loew, 1847 c g Laphria dorsalis (De Geer, 1776) c g Laphria doryca (Boisduval, 1835) c g Laphria egregia Wulp, 1898 c g Laphria empyrea Gerstaecker, 1861 c g Laphria engelhardti (Bromley, 1931) i c g b Laphria ephippium (Fabricius, 1781) c g Laphria falvifacies Macquart, 1850 c g Laphria fattigi (Bromley, 1951) i c g Laphria felis Osten Sacken, 1877 i c g b Laphria fernaldi (Back, 1904) i c g b Laphria ferox Williston, 1883 i c g b Laphria ferruginosa Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria flagrantissima Walker, 1858 c g Laphria flammipennis Walker, 1861 c g Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761) c g Laphria flavescens Macquart, 1838 i c g Laphria flavicollis Say, 1824 i c g b Laphria flavidorsum Matsumura, 1916 c g Laphria flavifacies (Macquart, 1849) Laphria flavifemorata Macquart, 1850 c g Laphria flavipes Wiedemann, 1821 c g Laphria flavipila Macquart, 1834 i c g Laphria formosana Matsumura, 1916 c g Laphria fortipes Walker, 1857 c g Laphria franciscana Bigot, 1878 i c g b Laphria frommeri Joseph & Parui, 1981 c g Laphria fulvicrura Rondani, 1875 c g Laphria fulvipes Ricardo, 1913 c g Laphria fulvithorax Fabricius, 1805 c g Laphria furva Wulp, 1898 c g Laphria fuscata (Joseph & Parui, 1997) Laphria futilis Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria galathei Costa, 1857 c g Laphria georgina Wiedemann, 1821 i c g Laphria gibbosa (Linnaeus, 1758) c g Laphria gigas Macquart, 1838 c g Laphria gilva (Linnaeus, 1758) i c g b Laphria gilvoides Wulp, 1898 c g Laphria glauca Enderlein, 1914 c g Laphria gravipes Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria grossa (Fabricius, 1775) i c g b Laphria hakiensis Matsumura, 1916 c g Laphria hecate Gerstaecker, 1861 c g Laphria hera Bromley, 1935 c g Laphria hermanni Meijere, 1924 c g Laphria hirta Ricardo, 1913 c g Laphria hirticornis Guerin-Meneville, 1835 c g Laphria histrionica Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria hobelias (Oldroyd, 1972) c g Laphria horrida (Walker, 1855) c g Laphria howeana Paramonov, 1958 c g Laphria hradskyi Young, 2008 c g Laphria huron (Bromley, 1929) i c g b Laphria ignobilis Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria imbellis Walker, 1857 c g Laphria inaurea Walker, 1857 c g Laphria incivilis Walker, 1856 c g Laphria index McAtee, 1919 i c g b Laphria indica Joseph & Parui, 1981 c g Laphria insignis (Banks, 1917) i c g b Laphria interrupta Walker, 1856 c g Laphria iola Bromley, 1935 c g Laphria ithypyga McAtee, 1919 i c g b Laphria ivorina Oldroyd, 1968 c g Laphria janus McAtee, 1919 i c g b Laphria javana Macquart, 1834 c g Laphria justa Walker, 1858 c g Laphria karafutonis Matsumura, 1916 c g Laphria keralaensis Joseph & Parui, 1981 c g Laphria kistjakovskiji Paramonov, 1929 c g Laphria lasipes Wiedemann, 1828 i c g Laphria lata Macquart, 1850 i c g b Laphria lateralis Fabricius, 1805 c g Laphria laterepunctata Macquart, 1838 c g Laphria lepida Walker, 1856 c g Laphria leptogaster Perty, 1833 c g Laphria leucocephala Meigen, 1804 c g Laphria leucoprocta Wiedemann, 1828 c g Laphria limbinervis Strobl, 1898 c g Laphria lobifera Hermann, 1914 c g Laphria luctuosa Macquart, 1847 c g Laphria lukinsi Paramonov, 1958 c g Laphria luteipennis (Macquart, 1848) c g Laphria luteopilosa Joseph & Parui, 1981 c g Laphria macquarti (Banks, 1917) i c g b Laphria macra Bigot, 1859 c g Laphria manifesta Walker, 1858 c g Laphria marginalis Williston, 1901 c g Laphria maynei Janssens, 1953 c g Laphria melania Bigot, 1878 c g Laphria melanogaster Wiedemann, 1821 i c g Laphria mellipes Wiedemann, 1828 c g Laphria meridionalis Mulsant, 1860 c g Laphria metalli Walker, 1851 c g Laphria milvina Bromley, 1929 i c g Laphria mitsukurii Coquillett, 1898 c g Laphria motodomariensis Matsumura, 1916 c g Laphria mulleri Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria multipunctata Oldroyd, 1974 c g Laphria nathani Joseph & Parui, 1981 c g Laphria nigella (Bromley, 1934) i c g Laphria nigrescens Ricardo, 1925 c g Laphria nigribimba Bromley, 1935 c g Laphria nigripennis Meigen, 1820 c g Laphria nigripes Paramonov, 1929 c g Laphria nigrohirsuta Lichtwardt, 1809 c g Laphria nitidula (Fabricius, 1794) c g Laphria notabilis Walker, 1857 c g Laphria nusoides Bromley, 1931 c g Laphria ogasawarensis Matsumura, 1916 c g Laphria ogumae Matsumura, 1911 c g Laphria okinawensis (Matsumura, 1916) Laphria orcus Walker, 1857 c g Laphria orientalis Joseph & Parui, 1981 c g Laphria ostensa Walker, 1862 c g Laphria pacifera (Paramonov, 1958) Laphria pacifica Paramonov, 1958 c g Laphria partitor (Banks, 1917) i c g b Laphria peristalsis (Oldroyd, 1972) c g Laphria pernigra Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria philippinensis Enderlein, 1914 c g Laphria pilipes Macquart, 1834 c g Laphria plana Walker, 1857 c g Laphria posticata Say, 1824 i c g b Laphria praelusia Séguy, 1930 c g Laphria proxima (Walker, 1855) c g Laphria puer Doleschall, 1858 c g Laphria pusilla Wiedemann, 1828 c g Laphria pyrrhothrix Hermann, 1914 c g Laphria radicalis Walker, 1857 c g Laphria rapax Osten Sacken, 1877 i c g Laphria reginae Paramonov, 1958 c g Laphria reinwardtii Wiedemann, 1828 c g Laphria remota Hermann, 1914 c g Laphria remoto Hermann, 1914 g Laphria ricardoi Bromley, 1935 c g Laphria royalensis (Bromley, 1950) i c g Laphria rubescens Bigot, 1878 c g Laphria rubidofasciata Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria rudis Walker, 1856 c g Laphria rueppelii (Wiedemann, 1828) c g Laphria rufa Roder, 1887 c g

Laphria ruficauda Williston, 1885 c g Laphria rufifemorata Macquart, 1846 c g Laphria rufitibia Oldroyd, 1960 c g Laphria sackeni (Banks, 1917) c g b Laphria sacrator Walker, 1849 i c g b Laphria sadales Walker, 1849 i c g b Laphria saffrana Fabricius, 1805 i c g b Laphria sapporensis Matsumura, 1911 c g Laphria schoutedeni Bromley, 1935 c g Laphria scorpio McAtee, 1919 i c g b Laphria scutellata Macquart, 1835 c g Laphria semifulva Bigot, 1878 c g Laphria semitecta (Coquillett, 1910) i c g Laphria sericea Say, 1823 i c g b Laphria serpentina Bezzi, 1908 c g Laphria seticrura Rondani, 1875 c g Laphria sibirica Lehr, 1989 c g Laphria sicula McAtee, 1919 i c g b Laphria signatipes Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria sobria Walker, 1857 c g Laphria solita Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria soror Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria stuckenbergi Oldroyd, 1960 c g Laphria submetallica Macquart, 1838 c g Laphria taipinensis (Matsumura, 1916) Laphria taphia Walker, 1849 c g Laphria taphius Walker, 1849 c Laphria telecles Walker, 1849 c g Laphria terminalis Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria terraenovae Macquart, 1838 i c g Laphria thoracica Fabricius, 1805 i c g b Laphria tibialis Meigen, 1820 c g Laphria transatlantica Schiner, 1868 c g Laphria triangularis (Walker, 1855) c g Laphria tricolor Wulp, 1872 c g Laphria triligata Walker, 1861 c g Laphria tristis Doleschall, 1857 c g Laphria trux McAtee, 1919 i c g b Laphria unicolor (Williston, 1883) i c g b Laphria unifascia Walker, 1856 c g Laphria valparaiensis (Joseph & Parui, 1997) Laphria varia Loew, 1865 c g Laphria variana White, 1918 c g Laphria varipes Bigot, 1878 c g Laphria venatrix Loew, 1847 c g Laphria venezuelensis Macquart, 1846 c g Laphria ventralis Williston, 1885 i c g b Laphria violacea Macquart, 1846 c g Laphria virginica (Banks, 1917) i c g b Laphria vivax Williston, 1883 i c g Laphria vorax (Bromley, 1929) i c g b Laphria vulcana Wiedemann, 1828 c Laphria vulcanus Wiedemann, 1828 c g Laphria vulpina Meigen, 1820 c g Laphria vultur Osten Sacken, 1877 i c g b Laphria walkeri Enderlein, 1914 c g Laphria willistoniana Enderlein, 1914 c g Laphria winnemana McAtee, 1919 i c g b Laphria xanthothrix Hermann, 1914 c g Laphria yamatonis Matsumura, 1916 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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