Dicropaltum Explained

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

Species

These six species belong to the genus Dicropaltum:

• Dicropaltum alamosae Martin, 1975

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• Dicropaltum cumbipilosus (Adisoemarto, 1967)

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• Dicropaltum humilis (Bellardi, 1861)

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• Dicropaltum mesae (Tucker, 1907)

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• Dicropaltum pawneeae Martin, 1975

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• Dicropaltum rubicundus (Hine, 1909)

^{i c g b}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.