Taracticus Explained

Taracticus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 16 described species in Taracticus.

Species

These 16 species belong to the genus Taracticus:

• Taracticus aciculatus Pritchard, 1938
• Taracticus argentifacies James, 1953
• Taracticus dimidiatus (Macquart, 1847)
• Taracticus geniculatus (Bigot, 1878)
• Taracticus guerrerensis Pritchard, 1938
• Taracticus nigrimystaceus Williston, 1901
• Taracticus nigripes Williston, 1901
• Taracticus octopunctatus (Say, 1823)
• Taracticus paulus Pritchard, 1938
• Taracticus ruficaudus Curran, 1930
• Taracticus rufipennis (Macquart, 1847)
• Taracticus similis Williston, 1901
• Taracticus vitripennis (Bellardi, 1861)
• † Psilocephala hypogaea (Cockerell, 1909)
• † Taracticus contusus Cockerell, 1910
• † Taracticus renovatus Cockerell, 1911

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.