-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Flies Order (Diptera)

-Brachyceran Flies (Suborder Brachycera)​

-Orthorrhaphan Flies (Infraorder Orthorrhapha)

-​Superfamily Asiloidea

-Robber Flies (Family Asilidae)​

-Subfamily Asilinae

-Genus Blepharepium

These flies are skilled predators, hunting other insects such as bees, beetles, and moths. They inject venom through their proboscis to immobilize and digest prey. The larvae develop in soil or decaying organic matter, where they feed on other insect larvae.