Poecilognathus Explained

Poecilognathus is a genus of bee flies (insects in the family Bombyliidae). There are at least 20 described species in Poecilognathus.

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Poecilognathus:

• Poecilognathus alterans (Williston, 1901)

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• Poecilognathus badia (Coquillett, 1904)

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• Poecilognathus bicolor (Coquillett, 1904)

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• Poecilognathus fulvida (Coquillett, 1904)

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• Poecilognathus inornata (Coquillett, 1904)

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• Poecilognathus loewi (Painter, 1965)

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• Poecilognathus marginata (Coquillett, 1904)

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• Poecilognathus philippianus (Rondani, 1863)

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• Poecilognathus pulchella (Williston, 1901)

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• Poecilognathus punctipennis (Walker, 1849)

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• Poecilognathus radia (Coquillett, 1904)

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• Poecilognathus relativitae (Evenhuis, 1985)

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• Poecilognathus scolopax (Osten Sacken, 1877)

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• Poecilognathus stictopennis (Hall, 1976)

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• Poecilognathus sulphurea (Loew, 1863)

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• Poecilognathus testacea (Macquart, 1840)

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• Poecilognathus thlipsomyzoides Jaennicke, 1867

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• Poecilognathus unicolor (Bezzi, 1925)

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• Poecilognathus unimaculata (Coquillett, 1904)

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• Poecilognathus unimaculatus

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• Poecilognathus xanthogaster (Hall, 1976)

^{c g}Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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.
• Charles . H. Curran. 1934. The families and genera of North American Diptera. 10.5962/bhl.title.6825. free.
• 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.
• Yeates . David K.. Greathead . David. 1997. The evolutionary pattern of host use in the Bombyliidae (Diptera): a diverse family of parasitoid flies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 60. 2. 149–185. 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1997.tb01490.x. free.

External links

• Web site: 2018-03-29. Diptera.info.
• Web site: 2018-03-29. Evenhuis . N.L.. Greathead . D.J.. 2015. World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site.