Maira (fly)

Maira is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Maira.

Species

These 57 species belong to the genus Maira:

• Maira abscissa <small>(Walker, 1860)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira aenea <small>(Fabricius, 1805)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira albifacies <small>Wulp, 1872</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira appendiculata <small>Bezzi, 1928</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira aterrima <small>Hermann, 1914</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira auribarbis <small>(Macquart, 1848)</small><span style="color:gray">^c</span>
• Maira aurifacies <small>(Macquart, 1848)</small><span style="color:gray">^c</span>
• Maira bicolor <small>Joseph & Parui, 1987</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira bisnigra <small>Bigot, 1878</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira calopogon <small>(Bigot, 1878)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira cambodgiensis <small>Bigot, 1878</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira claripennis <small>(Le Guillou, 1842)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira compta <small>Walker, 1862</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira condecora <small>(Walker, 1862)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira conveniens <small>(Walker, 1861)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira delfinadoi <small>Joseph & Parui, 1981</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira elegans <small>(Walker, 1855)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira elysiaca <small>Osten Sacken, 1881</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira flagellata <small>(Walker, 1862)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira germana <small>(Walker, 1858)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira gloriosa <small>(Walker, 1858)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira gracilicornis <small>Meijere, 1914</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira hirta <small>Meijere, 1913</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira hispidella <small>Wulp, 1872</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira indiana <small>Joseph & Parui, 1987</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira kollari <small>(Doleschall, 1857)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira lauta <small>Wulp, 1885</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira leei <small>(Paramonov, 1958)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira limbidorsum <small>Bezzi, 1928</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira longicornis <small>Meijere, 1913</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira longirostrata <small>Bromley, 1935</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira nieifacies <small>(Macquart, 1850)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira nigrithorax <small>Wulp, 1872</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira nigropilosa <small>Meijere, 1913</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira niveifacies <small>(Macquart, 1850)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira nychthemera <small>Wulp, 1872</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira occulta <small>Wulp, 1872</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira paradisiaca <small>(Walker, 1859)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira paria <small>Bigot, 1878</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira placens <small>(Walker, 1859)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira pseudoindiana <small>Joseph & Parui, 1995</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira requista <small>(Walker, 1859)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira setipes <small>(Walker, 1862)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira smaragdina <small>Bigot, 1878</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira sodalis <small>(Walker, 1858)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira splendida <small>(Guerin Meneville, 1831)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira superba <small>Meijere, 1913</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira tincta <small>Meijere, 1913</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira tomentosa <small>Wulp, 1872</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira tuberculata <small>Wulp, 1872</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira vanderwulpi <small>Meijere, 1913</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira varians <small>Ricardo, 1929</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira villipes <small>(Doleschall, 1857)</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira whitneyi <small>Curran, 1936</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira willowsi <small>Curran, 1936</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira wollastoni <small>Austen, 1915</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>
• Maira xizangensis <small>Shi, 1995</small><span style="color:gray">^{c g}</span>

<small>Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net</small>

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