Philonicus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 20 described species in Philonicus.[1][2][3][4]
| Philonicus | |
|---|---|
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| Philonicus albiceps | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Asilinae |
| Genus: | Philonicus Loew, 1849 |
Species
editThese 22 species belong to the genus Philonicus:
- Philonicus albiceps (Meigen, 1820) c g
- Philonicus albospinosus (Bellardi, 1861) c g
- Philonicus arizonensis (Williston, 1893) c g
- Philonicus curtatus Oldroyd, 1964 c g
- Philonicus elutus Loew, 1871 c g
- Philonicus flebeius (Osten Sacken, 1887) c g
- Philonicus fuliginosus (Bellardi, 1861) c g
- Philonicus fuscatus (Hine, 1909) i c g b
- Philonicus ghilarovi Lehr, 1988 c g
- Philonicus iliensis Lehr, 1970 c g
- Philonicus ionescui Tsacas, 1977 c g
- Philonicus limpidipennis (Hine, 1909) i c g
- Philonicus longulus Wulp, 1872 c g
- Philonicus nagatomii Utsuki, 2008 c g
- Philonicus nigrosetosus Wulp, 1881 c g
- Philonicus plebeius Osten Sacken i c g b
- Philonicus rufipennis Hine, 1907 i c g b
- Philonicus scaurus (Walker, 1849) c g
- Philonicus sichanensis Tsacas, 1977 c g
- Philonicus truquii (Bellardi, 1861) i c g
- Philonicus tuxpanganus (Bellardi, 1862) c g
- Philonicus vagans (Wiedemann, 1828) c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
edit- 1 2 "Philonicus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- 1 2 "Philonicus Loew, 1849". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 25 March 2026.
- 1 2 "Philonicus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- 1 2 "Philonicus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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.
External links
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