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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Leptogastrinae |
| Genus: | Psilonyx Aldrich, 1923 |
Psilonyx is a genus of robber flies (insects in the family Asilidae). There are about 14 described species in Psilonyx.
Species
These 14 species belong to the genus Psilonyx:
- Psilonyx annulatus (Say, 1823)
- Psilonyx annuliventris Hsia, 1949
- Psilonyx arawak Farr, 1963
- Psilonyx dorsiniger Zhang & Yang, 2009
- Psilonyx flavican Shi, 1993
- Psilonyx flavicoxa Zhang & Yang, 2009
- Psilonyx hsiai Shi, 1993
- Psilonyx humeralis Hsia, 1949
- Psilonyx macropygialis (Williston, 1901)
- Psilonyx magnicauda (Curran, 1934)
- Psilonyx migricoxa Hsia, 1949
- Psilonyx minimensis (Matsumura, 1916)
- Psilonyx nigricoxa Hsia, 1949
- Psilonyx zephyrus Scarbrough & Page, 2005
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
References
- ^ "Psilonyx Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Browse Psilonyx". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Psilonyx". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ "Psilonyx Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
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.
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