Psilonyx Explained

Psilonyx is a genus of robber flies (insects in the family Asilidae). There are about 14 described species in Psilonyx.

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Psilonyx:

• Psilonyx annulatus (Say, 1823)

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• Psilonyx annuliventris Hsia, 1949

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• Psilonyx arawak Farr, 1963

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• Psilonyx dorsiniger Zhang & Yang, 2009

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• Psilonyx flavican Shi, 1993

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• Psilonyx flavicoxa Zhang & Yang, 2009

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• Psilonyx hsiai Shi, 1993

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• Psilonyx humeralis Hsia, 1949

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• Psilonyx macropygialis (Williston, 1901)

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• Psilonyx magnicauda (Curran, 1934)

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• Psilonyx migricoxa Hsia, 1949

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• Psilonyx minimensis (Matsumura, 1916)

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• Psilonyx nigricoxa Hsia, 1949

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• Psilonyx zephyrus Scarbrough & Page, 2005

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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.