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Amblyonychus *
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Amblyonychus Hermann, 1921
[Apocleinae]

Neotropical Nearctic Palaearctic Afrotropical Oriental Australian & Oceania
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Description: Hermann, F. (1921): Dr. L. Zürher's Dipteren-Ausbeute aus Paraguay: Mydaiden und Asiliden. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte Abt. A, 87(3): 118-122 [118]; Berlin - Leipzig.
Type species: Promachus wiedemanni Schiner, 1867: 388
Synonyms: Promachina Bromley, 1934
Literature: Martin, C.H. (1967): The Mexican species of Promachus in the subgenus Amblyonychus (= Promachus) (Diptera: Asilidae). - Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 40: 156-163; Manhattan - Lawrence [key].

Nearctic species:

  1. Amblyonychus trapezoidalis (Bellardi, 1861)

Amblyonychus trapezoidalis (Bellardi, 1861)

- male -

dorsal view   lateral view
head dorsal   frons dorsal
head lateral   head frontal
frons frontal   scutum dorsal
scutum lateral   scutellum dorsal
scutellum lateral   subalar sclerite
wing   wing
claws   abdomen dorsal
abdomen lateral   hypopygium dorsal
hypopygium lateral

- female -

dorsal view   lateral view
abdomen dorsal   ovipositor lateral
ovipositor lateral

 

 

 

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