Psilocurus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Tribe: | Laphystiini |
| Genus: | Psilocurus Loew, 1874 |
Psilocurus is a genus of robber flies in the family of Asilidae. There are about 14 described species in Psilocurus.[1][2][3][4]
Species
[edit]These 14 species belong to the genus Psilocurus:
- Psilocurus birdi Curran, 1931
- Psilocurus blascoi Weinberg & Bachli, 2001
- Psilocurus camposi Curran, 1931
- Psilocurus caudatus Williston, 1901
- Psilocurus hypopygialis (Paramonov, 1930)
- Psilocurus modestus (Williston, 1893)
- Psilocurus negrus Lehr, 1974
- Psilocurus nudiusculus Loew, 1874
- Psilocurus pallustris Hull, 1961
- Psilocurus puellus Bromley, 1934
- Psilocurus pygmaeus Hull, 1961
- Psilocurus reinhardi Bromley, 1951
- Psilocurus tibialis Hull, 1961
- † Paraclia tarsalis (Statz, 1940)
References
[edit]- ^ "Psilocurus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Psilocurus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Psilocurus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ Dikow, Torsten (2019). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
[edit]- Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (319). hdl:2246/5949.
- McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
- Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica. 10.
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