Psilocurus Explained

Psilocurus is a genus of robber flies in the family of Asilidae. There are about 14 described species in Psilocurus.

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Psilocurus:

• Psilocurus birdi Curran, 1931
• Psilocurus blascoi Weinberg & Bachli, 2001
• Psilocurus camposi Curran, 1931
• Psilocurus caudatus Williston, 1901
• Psilocurus hypopygialis (Paramonov, 1930)
• Psilocurus modestus (Williston, 1893)
• Psilocurus negrus Lehr, 1974
• Psilocurus nudiusculus Loew, 1874
• Psilocurus pallustris Hull, 1961
• Psilocurus puellus Bromley, 1934
• Psilocurus pygmaeus Hull, 1961
• Psilocurus reinhardi Bromley, 1951
• Psilocurus tibialis Hull, 1961
• † Paraclia tarsalis (Statz, 1940)

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.