Metapogon

Metapogon is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 13 described species in Metapogon.

Metapogon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Stenopogoninae
Genus:	Metapogon Coquillett, 1904

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Metapogon:

• Metapogon amargosae Wilcox, 1972 ^{i c g}
• Metapogon carinatus Wilcox, 1964 ^{i c g}
• Metapogon gibber (Williston, 1883) ^{i c g}
• Metapogon gilvipes Coquillett, 1904 ^{i c g}
• Metapogon holbrooki Wilcox, 1964 ^{i c g}
• Metapogon hurdi Wilcox, 1964 ^{i c g}
• Metapogon incertus Becker, 1919 ^{c g}
• Metapogon leechi Wilcox, 1964 ^{c g}
• Metapogon obispae Wilcox, 1972 ^{i c g}
• Metapogon pictus Cole, 1916 ^{i c g}
• Metapogon punctipennis Coquillett, 1904 ^{i c g b}
• Metapogon tarsalus Wilcox, 1964 ^{i c g}
• Metapogon tricellus Wilcox, 1964 ^{i c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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.