Efferia

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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)

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See also

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