Philonicus Explained

Philonicus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 20 described species in Philonicus.

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Philonicus:

• Philonicus albiceps (Meigen, 1820)

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• Philonicus albospinosus (Bellardi, 1861)

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• Philonicus arizonensis (Williston, 1893)

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• Philonicus curtatus Oldroyd, 1964

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• Philonicus elutus Loew, 1871

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• Philonicus flebeius (Osten Sacken, 1887)

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• Philonicus fuliginosus (Bellardi, 1861)

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• Philonicus fuscatus (Hine, 1909)

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• Philonicus ghilarovi Lehr, 1988

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• Philonicus iliensis Lehr, 1970

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• Philonicus ionescui Tsacas, 1977

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• Philonicus limpidipennis (Hine, 1909)

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• Philonicus longulus Wulp, 1872

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• Philonicus nagatomii Utsuki, 2008

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• Philonicus nigrosetosus Wulp, 1881

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• Philonicus plebeius Osten Sacken

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• Philonicus rufipennis Hine, 1907

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• Philonicus scaurus (Walker, 1849)

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• Philonicus sichanensis Tsacas, 1977

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• Philonicus truquii (Bellardi, 1861)

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• Philonicus tuxpanganus (Bellardi, 1862)

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• Philonicus vagans (Wiedemann, 1828)

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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.