Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Diptera (True flies) ➔ Family Asilidae (Robber flies)

Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761)

Gelbe Mordfliege

Synonyms and other combinations:

Asilus flavus Linnaeus, 1761 | Asilus fulvus Geoffroy, 1785 | Asilus paedemontanus Fabricius, 1794 | Asilus pedemontanus Zimsen, 1964 | Erax conopsoides Scopoli, 1763 | Erax ferox Scopoli, 1763 | Laphria flava var. escorialensis Strobl, 1906 |

  • Laphria flava, male  11448
    Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761)  Gelbe Mordfliege   
    Laphria flava, male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2025-05-09 15:50:51
    Image number: 11448
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2025-05-09 15:50:51

  • Laphria flava, male  11449
    Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761)  Gelbe Mordfliege   
    Laphria flava, male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2025-05-09 15:54:37
    Image number: 11449
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2025-05-09 15:54:37

  • Laphria flava, male  11450
    Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761)  Gelbe Mordfliege   
    Laphria flava, male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2025-05-09 15:54:56
    Image number: 11450
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2025-05-09 15:54:56

  • Laphria flava, male  11451
    Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761)  Gelbe Mordfliege   
    Laphria flava, male, conf. Quaedfliegh
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2025-05-06 14:24:55
    Image number: 11451
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2025-05-06 14:24:55
    conf. Quaedfliegh
  • Laphria flava, male  11452
    Laphria flava (Linnaeus, 1761)  Gelbe Mordfliege   
    Laphria flava, male, conf. Quaedfliegh
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald; 2025-05-06 14:25:09
    Image number: 11452
    male
    DE, SN, Chemnitz, Harthwald
    2025-05-06 14:25:09
    conf. Quaedfliegh

Classification:
Laphria flava belongs to the subfamily Laphriinae.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Neal L. Evenhuis and Thomas Pape: Systema Dipterorum - The BioSystematic Database of World Diptera
  2. Michael Chinery: Pareys Buch der Insekten: über 2000 Insekten Europas, Verlag Kosmos, 2004, 326 Seiten, ISBN 3440099695, 9783440099698.