Parataracticus

Genus of flies

Parataracticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Subfamily: Dasypogoninae
Genus: Parataracticus
Cole, 1924

Parataracticus is a genus of robber flies (insects in the family Asilidae). There are about seven described species in Parataracticus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Parataracticus:

  • Parataracticus arenicolus Martin, 1968 c g
  • Parataracticus cuyamus Wilcox, 1967 i c g
  • Parataracticus melanderi Wilcox, 1967 i c g
  • Parataracticus niger Martin, 1955 i c g
  • Parataracticus rubens (Coquillett, 1904) i c g
  • Parataracticus rubidus Cole, 1924 i c g
  • Parataracticus wyliei Martin, 1955 i c g b

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Parataracticus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  2. ^ a b "Browse Parataracticus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  3. ^ a b "Parataracticus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
  4. ^ a b "Parataracticus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

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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