Cophura Explained

Cophura is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 species described in the genus Cophura.

Species

These 54 species belong to the genus Cophura:

• Cophura acapulcae Pritchard, 1943

^{c g}

• Cophura ameles Pritchard, 1943

^{i c g}

• Cophura apotma Pritchard, 1943

^{c g}

• Cophura arizonensis (Schaeffer, 1916)

^{i c g b}

• Cophura atypha Pritchard, 1943

^{c g}

• Cophura bella (Loew, 1872)

^{i c g b}

• Cophura brevicornis (Williston, 1883)

^{c g b}

• Cophura caca Pritchard, 1943

^{i c g}

• Cophura calla Pritchard, 1943

^{c g}

• Cophura clausa (Coquillett, 1893)

^{i c g}

• Cophura cora Pritchard, 1943

^{c g}

• Cophura dammersi Wilcox, 1965

^{i g}

• Cophura daphne Pritchard, 1943

^{i c g}

• Cophura dora Pritchard, 1943

^{i c g}

• Cophura feigei Kaletta, 1983

^{c g}

• Cophura fergusoni Wilcox, 1965

^{i c g}

• Cophura fisheri Wilcox, 1965

^{i c g}

• Cophura flavus Wilcox, 1965

^{c g}

• Cophura fur (Williston, 1885)

^{i c g}

• Cophura getzendaneri Wilcox, 1959

^{i c g}

• Cophura hennei Wilcox and Martin, 1945

^{i c g}

• Cophura hesperia (Pritchard, 1935)

^{i c g}

• Cophura humilis (Bellardi, 1861)

^c

• Cophura hurdi Hull, 1960

^{i c g}

• Cophura igualae Pritchard, 1943

^{c g}

• Cophura luteus Wilcox, 1965

^{c g}

• Cophura lutzi Curran, 1931

^{c g}

• Cophura luzti (Curran, 1931)

^{i g}

• Cophura melanochaeta Williston, 1924

^{c g}

• Cophura nephressa Pritchard, 1943

^{c g}

• Cophura painteri Pritchard, 1943

^{i c g b}

• Cophura picta Carrera, 1955

^{c g}

• Cophura pollinosa Curran, 1930

^{i c g b}

• Cophura powersi Wilcox, 1965

^{i c g}

• Cophura pulchella Williston, 1901

^{i c g}

• Cophura rozeni Wilcox, 1965

^{i c g}

• Cophura rubidus Wilcox, 1965

^{c g}

• Cophura scitula Williston

^{i c g}

• Cophura sculleni Wilcox, 1937

^{i c g}

• Cophura sodalis Osten Sacken, 1887

^{i c g}

• Cophura stylosa Curran, 1931

^{i c g}

• Cophura sundra Pritchard, 1943

^{c g}

• Cophura tanbarki Wilcox, 1965

^{i c g}

• Cophura texana Bromley, 1934

^{i c g}

• Cophura timberlakei Wilcox, 1965

^{i c g}

• Cophura tolandi Wilcox, 1959

^{i c g b}

• Cophura trunca (Coquillett, 1893)

^{i c g}

• Cophura vanduzeei Wilcox, 1965

^{i c g}

• Cophura vandykei Wilcox, 1965

^{i c g b}

• Cophura vera (Pritchard, 1935)

^{i c g}

• Cophura vitripennis (Curran, 1927)

^{i c g}

• Cophura wilcoxi Kaletta, 1983

^{c g}

• Cophura willistoni Pritchard, 1943

^{c g}

• Cophura zandra Pritchard, 1943

^{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.