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