Neoaratus
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| Neoaratus | |
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| Lane Cove National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Asilinae |
| Genus: | Neoaratus Ricardo, 1913 |
| Species: | N. hercules
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoaratus hercules (Wiedemann 1828)
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Neoaratus is a monotypic genus of flies.
Neoaratus hercules, the hercules robberfly is a species of insect endemic to Australia. A large predatory robberfly found in south east of the continent and in Tasmania. Growing to 4 cm in length, it feeds on other insects in flight. The habitat is forest and woodland.[1][2][3]
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