Neoitamus cyanurus (Loew, 1849)
(Common Awl Robberfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesNeoitamus cyanurus (Common Awl Robberfly)
FamilyASILIDAE (robber flies, assassin flies)
SuperfamilyASILOIDEA (robber & assassin flies, bee flies, stiletto flies & window flies)
InfraorderAsilomorpha (robber, bee, stiletto, window, dagger, long-legged & spider-parasite flies)
SuborderBRACHYCERA (short-horned flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Neoitamus cyanurus (Common Awl Robberfly) :
1: Neoitamus cyanurus (Common Awl Robberfly)
2 Jul 2016 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, perching on wooden post
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - lateral view - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - latero-dorsal view - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - ventral view - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 7: Male - head - anterior view - magnified - silver backgroundImage 8: Male - head - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 9: Male - head - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 10: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Neoitamus cyanurus (Common Awl Robberfly)
22 May 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 3: Female - lateral viewImage 4: Female - lateral view (2)Image 5: Female - ventral view

Neoitamus cyanurus (Common Awl Robberfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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