Prolepsis (fly)
| Prolepsis | |
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| Female of Prolepsis lucifer photographed in Reserva Natural Parque San Martin, Cordoba, Argentina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Stenopogoninae |
| Genus: | Prolepsis Walker, [1851] |
| Type species | |
| Prolepsis lucifer (Wiedemann, 1828)
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| Species | |
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about 20, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Prolepsis is an insect genus of mainly neotropical Diptera in the family Asilidae or robber flies.