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Diogmites *

Diogmites Loew, 1866
[Dasypogoninae: Lastaurini]

Neotropical Nearctic Palaearctic Afrotropical Oriental Australian & Oceania
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Description: Loew, H. (1866): Diptera Americae septentrionalis indigena. - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 10: 1-54 (15-37) [21]; Berlin.
Type species: Diogmites platypterus Loew, 1866: 20
Literature: Bromley, S.W. (1936): The genus Diogmites in the United States of America with descriptions of new species (Diptera, Asilidae). - Journal of the New York Entomological Society 44: 225-237; New York [key]. Artigas, J.N. (1966): The genus Diogmites (robber flies) in eastern United States. - Ohio Journal of Science 66(4): 401-421; Bowling Green [key].

Nearctic species:

  1. Diogmites angustipennis Loew, 1866
  2. Diogmites basalis (Walker, 1851)
  3. Diogmites coloradensis (James, 1933)
  4. Diogmites contortus Bromley, 1936
  5. Diogmites crudelis Bromley, 1936
  6. Diogmites discolor Loew, 1866
  7. Diogmites esuriens Bromley, 1936
  8. Diogmites fragilis Bromley, 1936
  9. Diogmites grossus Bromley, 1936
  10. Diogmites herennius (Walker, 1849)
  11. Diogmites misellus Loew, 1866
  12. Diogmites missouriensis Bromley, 1951
  13. Diogmites neoternatus (Bromley, 1931)
  14. Diogmites perplexus (Back, 1909)
  15. Diogmites platypterus Loew, 1866
  16. Diogmites pritchardi Bromley, 1936
  17. Diogmites properans Bromley, 1936
  18. Diogmites pulcher (Back, 1909)
  19. Diogmites rubrodorsatus Artigas, 1966
  20. Diogmites sallei (Bellardi, 1861)
  21. Diogmites salutans Bromley, 1936
  22. Diogmites symmachus Loew, 1872
  23. Diogmites ternatus Loew, 1866
  24. Diogmites texanus Bromley, 1934
  25. Diogmites unicolor Hull, 1958

Diogmites angustipennis Loew, 1866

- male -

dorsal view   lateral view
head dorsal   head lateral
head lateral   head frontal
antenna   antenna
postpedicel   scutum dorsal
scutellum dorsal   fore tibial spur
wing   wing
wing   abdomen dorsal

- female -

dorsal view   lateral view


Key to the species

Founded on: Bromley, S.W. (1936): The genus Diogmites in the United States of America with descriptions of new species (Diptera, Asilidae). - Journal of the New York Entomological Society 44: 225-237; New York. [amended]

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