Blepharepium Explained

Blepharepium is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 15 described species in Blepharepium.

Species

These 15 species belong to the genus Blepharepium:

• Blepharepium auricinctum (Schiner, 1867)

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• Blepharepium cajennense (Fabricius, 1787)

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• Blepharepium cajennensis (Fabricius, 1787)

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• Blepharepium coarctatum (Perty, 1833)

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• Blepharepium cunctabundum Papavero & Bernardi, 1973

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• Blepharepium inca Curran, 1942

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• Blepharepium luridum Rondani, 1848

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• Blepharepium lynchi Carrera, 1949

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• Blepharepium maculipennis (Macquart, 1855)

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• Blepharepium priapus Papavero and Bernardi, 1973

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• Blepharepium secabile (Walker, 1860)

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• Blepharepium sonorensis Papavero & Bernardi, 1973

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• Blepharepium subcontractum (Walker, 1856)

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• Blepharepium surumu Papavero & Bernardi, 1973

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• Blepharepium vorax Curran, 1942

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

Further reading

• Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea). 2009. Dikow . T.. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. . 319. 2246/5949. free.
• Book: Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. 1981. McAlpine . J. F.. Petersen . B. V.. Shewell . G. E.. Teskey . H. J.. Vockeroth . J. R.. Wood . D. M.. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 978-0-660-10731-8.
• A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera). 2004. Geller-Grimm . Fritz. Studia Dipterologica. 10.