Callinicus (fly) explained

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

Species

These five species belong to the genus Callinicus:

• Callinicus calcaneus Loew, 1872

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• Callinicus pictitarsis (Bigot, 1878)

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• Callinicus pollenius (Cole, 1919)

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• Callinicus quadrinotatus (Bigot, 1878)

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• Callinicus vittatus Wilcox, 1936

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Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd. 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. 10.1093/aesa/43.2.227.
• Book: Charles . H. Curran. 1934. The families and genera of North American Diptera. 10.5962/bhl.title.6825. free.
• Hull . F.M.. 1962. Robber flies of the world. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224.
• Book: McAlpine . J.F.. Petersen . B.V.. Shewell . G.E.. Teskey . H.J.. Vockeroth . J.R.. Wood . D.M.. 4. 1987. Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. 978-0660121253.

External links

• Web site: 2018-04-21. Dikow . Torsten. 2018. Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history. National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.
• Web site: 2018-04-21. Diptera.info.