Megaphorus Explained

Megaphorus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 18 described species in Megaphorus.

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Megaphorus:

• Megaphorus acrus (Curran, 1931)

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• Megaphorus brunneus (Cole, 1964)

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• Megaphorus clausicellus (Macquart, 1850)

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• Megaphorus durangoensis Cole & Pritchard, 1964

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• Megaphorus flavidus (Cole, 1964)

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• Megaphorus frustra Cole & Pritchard, 1964

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• Megaphorus frustrus (PRITCHARD, 1935)

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• Megaphorus guildiana (Williston, 1885)

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• Megaphorus intermedius (Tucker, 1907)

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• Megaphorus laphroides (Wiedemann, 1828)

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• Megaphorus lascrucensis (Cole, 1964)

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• Megaphorus martinorum (Cole, 1964)

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• Megaphorus megachile (Coquillett, 1893)

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• Megaphorus minutus (Macquart, 1834)

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• Megaphorus pallidus (Johnson, 1958)

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• Megaphorus prudens (Pritchard, 1935)

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• Megaphorus pulchrus (Pritchard, 1935)

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• Megaphorus willistoni (Cole, 1964)

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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.