Metadioctria Explained

Metadioctria is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least three described species in Metadioctria.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

• Metadioctria parvula (Coquillett, 1893)
• Metadioctria resplendens (Loew, 1872)
• Metadioctria rubida (Coquillett, 1893)

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . Ross H. Jr.. 2000. American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. 2nd Edition. 0-8493-0212-9.
• Book: Capinera . John L.. 2008. Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. 978-1402062421.
• Bromley . S.W.. 1950. Florida Asilidae (Diptera) with descriptions of one new species. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 43. 227–239.
• Book: McAlpine . J.F.. Petersen . B.V.. Shewell . G.E.. Teskey . H.J.. Vockeroth . J.R.. Wood . D.M.. 1987. Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada.
• Web site: 2018-02-21. Dikow . T.. 2009. Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea). American Museum of Natural History.
• Hull . F.M.. 1962. Robber flies of the world. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224.

External links

• Web site: 2018-02-21. Dikow . Torsten. 2018. Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history. National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution.
• Web site: 2018-02-21. Diptera.info.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Metadioctria Genus Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-02-21.
2. Web site: Metadioctria Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. 2018-02-21.
3. Web site: Metadioctria Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-02-21.
4. Web site: Browse Metadioctria. Catalogue of Life. 2018-02-21.