| Taracticus | |
|---|---|
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| Taracticus octopunctatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Dasypogoninae |
| Genus: | Taracticus Loew, 1872 |
Taracticus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 16 described species in Taracticus.[1][2][3][4]
Taracticus octopunctatus
Species
These 16 species belong to the genus Taracticus:
- Taracticus aciculatus Pritchard, 1938
- Taracticus argentifacies James, 1953
- Taracticus dimidiatus (Macquart, 1847)
- Taracticus geniculatus (Bigot, 1878)
- Taracticus guerrerensis Pritchard, 1938
- Taracticus nigrimystaceus Williston, 1901
- Taracticus nigripes Williston, 1901
- Taracticus octopunctatus (Say, 1823)
- Taracticus paulus Pritchard, 1938
- Taracticus ruficaudus Curran, 1930
- Taracticus rufipennis (Macquart, 1847)
- Taracticus similis Williston, 1901
- Taracticus vitripennis (Bellardi, 1861)
- † Psilocephala hypogaea (Cockerell, 1909)
- † Taracticus contusus Cockerell, 1910
- † Taracticus renovatus Cockerell, 1911
References
- ↑ "Taracticus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Taracticus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ↑ "Taracticus 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
- 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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