Coleomyia Explained

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

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Coleomyia:

• Coleomyia albula (Melander, 1924)
• Coleomyia alticola James, 1941
• Coleomyia crumborum Martin, 1953
• Coleomyia hinei Wilcox & Martin, 1935
• Coleomyia rainieri Wilcox & Martin, 1935
• Coleomyia rubida Martin, 1953
• Coleomyia sculleni Wilcox & Martin, 1935
• Coleomyia setigera (Cole, 1919)

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.