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Cerotainia
2026-11-15 15:22:13 · Cedar Herald Index
Cerotainia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 30 described species in Cerotainia.
Species
These 32 species belong to the genus Cerotainia:

Cerotainia albipilosa Curran, 1930 i c g b
Cerotainia argyropasta Hermann, 1912 c g
Cerotainia argyropus Schiner, 1868
Cerotainia argyropyga Hermann, 1912 c g
Cerotainia atrata Jones, 1907 i c g
Cerotainia aurata Schiner, 1868
Cerotainia bella Schiner, 1867 c g
Cerotainia brasiliensis Schiner, 1867 c g
Cerotainia camposi Curran, 1934 c g
Cerotainia dasythrix Hermann, 1912 c g
Cerotainia debilis Hermann, 1912 c g
Cerotainia dubia Bigot, 1878 c g
Cerotainia feminea Curran, 1930 c g
Cerotainia flavipes Hermann, 1912 c g
Cerotainia jamaicensis Johnson, 1919 c g
Cerotainia laticeps Bromley, 1929 c g
Cerotainia leonina Hermann, 1912 c g
Cerotainia macrocera (Say, 1823) i c g b
Cerotainia marginata Hermann, 1912 c g
Cerotainia melanosoma Scarbrough & Knutson, 1989 c g
Cerotainia minima Curran, 1930 c g
Cerotainia nigra Bigot, 1878 c g
Cerotainia nigripennis (Bellardi, 1861) c g
Cerotainia ornatipes James, 1953 c g
Cerotainia propinqua Schiner, 1868
Cerotainia rhopalocera (Lynch Arribalzaga, 1882) c g
Cerotainia sarae Rueda, 1998 c g
Cerotainia sola Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2006 c g
Cerotainia unicolor Hermann, 1912 c g
Cerotainia violaceithorax Lynch Arribalzaga, 1880 c g
Cerotainia willistoni Curran, 1930 c g
Cerotainia xanthoptera (Wiedemann, 1828) c
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
Further reading
External links
Asilidae genera
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