Holcocephala Explained

Holcocephala is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 40 described species in Holcocephala.

Species

These 40 species belong to the genus Holcocephala:

• Holcocephala abdominalis (Say, 1823)

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• Holcocephala affinis Bellardi, 1861

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• Holcocephala agalla Walker, 1849

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• Holcocephala analis (Macquart, 1846)

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• Holcocephala bechyneorum Ayala, 1982

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• Holcocephala calva (Loew, 1872)

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• Holcocephala coriacea (Wiedemann, 1821)

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• Holcocephala curvicosta Carrera, 1958

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• Holcocephala deltoidea (Bellardi, 1861)

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• Holcocephala dimidiata Hermann, 1924

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• Holcocephala divisa (Walker, 1860)

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• Holcocephala fernandezi Ayala, 1982

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• Holcocephala fimbriata Hermann, 1924

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• Holcocephala fusca Bromley, 1951

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• Holcocephala indigena Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2006

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• Holcocephala inornata (Rondani, 1848)

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• Holcocephala luteipes Hermann, 1924

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• Holcocephala macula (Rondani, 1848)

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• Holcocephala matteii Ayala, 1982

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• Holcocephala minuta (Bellardi, 1861)

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• Holcocephala mogiana Carrera, 1955

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• Holcocephala monticola Ayala, 1982

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• Holcocephala nigrita (Fabricius, 1805)

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• Holcocephala nitida (Wiedemann, 1830)

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• Holcocephala nodosipes (Enderlein, 1914)

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• Holcocephala obscuripennis Enderlein, 1914

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• Holcocephala oculata (Fabricius, 1805)

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• Holcocephala pardalina Hermann, 1924

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• Holcocephala pectinata Carrera, 1955

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• Holcocephala pennipes Hermann, 1924

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• Holcocephala peruviana Hermann, 1924

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• Holcocephala rufithorax (Wiedemann, 1828)

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• Holcocephala scopifer (Schiner, 1868)

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• Holcocephala spinipes Hermann, 1924

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• Holcocephala stylata Pritchard, 1938

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• Holcocephala tijucana (Carrera, 1958)

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• Holcocephala uruguayensis Lynch Arribalzaga, 1882

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• Holcocephala vallestris Ayala, 1982

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• Holcocephala vicina (Macquart, 1838)

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• Holcocephala vittata (Walker, 1836)

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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.
• Charles . H. Curran. 1934. The families and genera of North American Diptera. 10.5962/bhl.title.6825. free.
• Web site: 2018-03-15. Dikow . T.. 2009. Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea). American Museum of Natural History. 2246/5949 .
• 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: 2018-03-15. Dikow . Torsten. 2018. Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history. National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.
• Web site: 2018-03-15. Diptera.info.