Callinicus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about five described species in Callinicus.[1][2][3][4]
| Callinicus | |
|---|---|
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| Callinicus pictitarsis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Stenopogoninae |
| Genus: | Callinicus Loew, 1872 |
Species
editThese five species belong to the genus Callinicus:
- Callinicus calcaneus Loew, 1872 i c g b
- Callinicus pictitarsis (Bigot, 1878) i c g b
- Callinicus pollenius (Cole, 1919) i c g b
- Callinicus quadrinotatus (Bigot, 1878) i c g
- Callinicus vittatus Wilcox, 1936 i c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Callinicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b "Browse Callinicus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b "Callinicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b "Callinicus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
Further reading
edit- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Bromley, S.W. (1950). "Florida Asilidae (Diptera) with descriptions of one new species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 43 (2): 227–239. doi:10.1093/aesa/43.2.227.
- Charles, H. Curran (1934). The families and genera of North American Diptera. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825.
- Hull, F.M. (1962). "Robber flies of the world". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224.
- McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
External links
edit- Dikow, Torsten (2018). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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