Cyrtopogon ablautoides

Cyrtopogon ablautoides is a species of robber fly (family Asilidae) described by Melander in 1923. The genus Cyrtopogon comprises predatory flies that inhabit open, often arid or semi-arid environments. Like other robber flies, species in this genus are aerial predators that capture other insects in flight. Very few specific observations of C. ablautoides have been documented, with only two observations recorded on iNaturalist. The species belongs to a diverse genus of approximately 100 species distributed primarily across North America.