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Efferia

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Translingual

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Efferia sp. predating on Apis mellifera (the European honey bee or western honey bee), a particularly common prey of choice from flies of this genus.

Etymology

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From Latin efferus (wild; savage) +‎ -ia f.

Proper noun

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Efferia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Asilidae – many robber flies, populous among arid and aridic regions of the New World.

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