Cerotainiops
Curran, 1930
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6Cerotainiops is a small of robber flies established by Curran in 1930. The genus comprises approximately six described distributed in North America. As members of the Asilidae, these predatory flies hunt other insects in . The genus has received limited taxonomic study beyond original species descriptions.
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How to pronounce Cerotainiops: //ˌsɛɹoʊtaɪˈniːˌɒps//
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Distribution
North America. have been recorded from the western United States, including California.
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Species diversity
The contains six described : C. abdominalis (Brown, 1897), C. kernae (Martin, 1959), C. lucyae (Martin, 1959), C. mcclayi (Martin, 1959), C. omus (Pritchard, 1942), and C. wilcoxi (Pritchard, 1942). Four species were described by Martin in 1959, suggesting a period of focused taxonomic work on this genus.
Taxonomic history
The was established by Curran in 1930. The C. abdominalis was originally described in the genus Cerotainia before being transferred to Cerotainiops.