Psilocurus
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Genus of flies
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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
- ↑ "Psilocurus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=133212. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Psilocurus". https://www.gbif.org/species/1660144. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Psilocurus genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/92360. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ Dikow, Torsten (2019). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. https://asiloidflies.si.edu/asilidae-generic-classification-dikow2009. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Further reading
- 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).
- Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 1981. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8. http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.817747/publication.html.
- Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica 10. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302933699.
Wikidata ☰ Q14508607 entry
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