Backomyia hannai
Backomyia hannai is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae. It was described by Wilcox and Martin in 1957.[1] This species is sometimes referred to by the common name "Big Bear Bandit".[1]
Taxonomy
This page represents the following TreeOfLife-200M taxonomic path.[2]
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Diptera
- Family: Asilidae
- Genus: Backomyia
- Species: Backomyia hannai
Visual Description
As a member of the family Asilidae, Backomyia hannai shares the general characteristics of robber flies, which are typically predatory insects with robust bodies and prominent, often bristly, legs. While specific morphological details for this species are not currently available through the inspected dataset imagery, members of the genus Backomyia are generally recognized within the context of their family by their predatory behavior and specialized mouthparts adapted for capturing and consuming other insects.
Gallery
References
- 1 2 Backomyia hannai Wilcox & Martin, 1957. GBIF. https://www.gbif.org/species/1662705. Accessed 2026-07-14.
- ↑ Dataset view for Animalia / Arthropoda / Insecta / Diptera / Asilidae / Backomyia / hannai constructed from imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M records under this taxonomic path. Hugging Face Datasets. https://huggingface.co/datasets/imageomics/TreeOfLife-200M.