Philonicus

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 albiceps

Philonicus
Philonicus albiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Asilinae
Genus:	Philonicus Loew, 1849

Species

These 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

1. "Philonicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
2. "Browse Philonicus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
3. "Philonicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
4. "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

• Media related to Philonicus at Wikimedia Commons