Stenopogoninae
Ceraturgini
Ceraturgus
Myelaphus *
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Myelaphus Bigot, 1882
[Stenopogoninae: Ceraturgini]
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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typ.loc.
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Description:
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Bigot, J.M.F. (1882): [Note: Description of new genus Myelaphus (Asilidae)]. - Bulletin de la Societé entomologique de France (6)2: 91 [91]; Paris.
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Type species:
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Myelaphus melas Bigot, 1882: 91
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Remarks:
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Lehr (1999) placed this taxon into the subfamily Dioctriinae.
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Literature:
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Adisoemarto, S. & Wood, D.M. (1975): The Nearctic species of Dioctria and six related genera (Diptera, Asilidae). - Quaestiones entomologicae. University of Alberta 11: 505-576; Edmonton [key].
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Nearctic species:
- Myelaphus lobicornis (Osten-Sacken, 1877)
- Myelaphus melas Bigot, 1882
Myelaphus melas Bigot, 1882
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Founded on:
Adisoemarto, S. & Wood, D.M. (1975): The Nearctic species of Dioctria and six related genera (Diptera, Asilidae). - Quaestiones entomologicae. University of Alberta 11: 505-576; Edmonton. [amended]
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Face reddish brown, with prominent transverse oval protuberance, just below middle, whose lower surface is sculptured with 2 or 3 curved concentric grooves. Scape, and thorax, mostly reddish in ground color . . . . . Myelaphus melas Bigot, 1882 [CA]
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Face, antennae and thorax black. Face evenly rounded, without prominent oval protuberance . . . . . Myelaphus lobicornis (Osten-Sacken, 1877) [ID, WA, OR, UT, CO, NV, CA, BCA]
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