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title: "Plain-tailed Hanging Thief"
description: "Diogmites neoternatus — Insects & spiders. Diogmites neoternatus, the plain tailed hanging thief, is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/plain-tailed-hanging-thief
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plain-tailed Hanging Thief

> Diogmites neoternatus — Insects & spiders. Diogmites neoternatus, the plain tailed hanging thief, is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae.

- Scientific name: *Diogmites neoternatus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8151
- Wikidata: [Q10755777](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10755777)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61665](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61665)

## Names

- en: Plain-tailed Hanging Thief

## Countries with the most observations

US (3566)

## Summary

Diogmites neoternatus, the plain tailed hanging thief, is a species of robber fly in the family Asilidae.  Its genus name, Diogmites, refers to the peculiar habit of hanging by its foreleg while consuming prey.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diogmites_neoternatus

## Photo

![Plain-tailed Hanging Thief](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plain-tailed-hanging-thief/medium.jpg)

Photo: Schyler Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89543153

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plain-tailed-hanging-thief?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).