Polacantha

Polacantha is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 10 described species in Polacantha.[1][2][3][4]

Polacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Asilinae
Genus:	Polacantha Martin, 1975

Species

These 10 species belong to the genus Polacantha:

• Polacantha arcuata Martin, 1975 ^{i c g b}
• Polacantha badia Martin, 1975 ^{c g}
• Polacantha brevis Martin, 1975 ^{c g}
• Polacantha composita (Hine, 1918) ^{i c g b}
• Polacantha gracilis (Wiedemann, 1828) ^{i c g b}
• Polacantha grossa Martin, 1975 ^{i c g b}
• Polacantha pegma Martin, 1975 ^{i c g}
• Polacantha petila Martin, 1975 ^{c g}
• Polacantha sinuosa Martin, 1975 ^{i c g}
• Polacantha tridens Martin, 1975 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Polacantha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
2. "Browse Polacantha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
3. "Polacantha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
4. "Polacantha Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-28.

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.