Polacantha

Genus of flies

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

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

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. ^ a b "Polacantha Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  2. ^ a b "Browse Polacantha". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. ^ a b "Polacantha". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  4. ^ a b "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.
Taxon identifiers
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