Robert A. Cannings. 1998. Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) in Smith, I.M., and G.G.E. Scudder, eds. Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Burlington: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network, 1998.

ROBBER FLIES
(INSECTA: DIPTERA: ASILIDAE)

Robert A. Cannings

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