Trigonomiminae
Bromleyus
Haplopogon
Holcocephala *
Orrhodops
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Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1867
[Trigonomiminae]
Neotropical
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Nearctic
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Palaearctic
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Afrotropical
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Oriental
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Australian & Oceania
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Description:
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Jaennicke, J.F. (1867): Neue exotische Dipteren. - Abhandlungen der senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft 6: 311-405 (354-366), pl. 44 [359]; Frankfurt a.M.
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Type species:
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Discocephala rufiventris Macquart, 1838: 50 (= abdominalis)
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Synonyms:
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Discocephala Macquart, 1838; Holocephala: Williston, 1891
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Literature:
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Hermann, F. (1926): Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Asiliden. Der Verwandtschaftskreis des Gen. Holocephala Jännicke. - Verhandlungen der zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 74-75 (1924-25): 153-191; Wien [key]. Curran, C.H. (1934): The families and genera of North American Diptera. - New York: 512 pp. (166-184) [key]. Pritchard, A.E. (1938): Synopsis of North and Central American Holococephala with a description of a new species (Diptera: Asilidae). - Journal of the New York Entomological Society 46: 11-21; New York [key].
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Nearctic species:
- Holcocephala abdominalis (Say, 1823)
- Holcocephala calva (Loew, 1872)
- Holcocephala fusca Bromley, 1951
Holcocephala abdominalis (Say, 1823)
- male -
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