Asilinae
Asilus
Dicropaltum
Machimus
Negasilus
Neoitamus
Neomochtherus
Philonicus *
Polacantha
Prolatiforceps
Rhadiurgus
Tolmerus
Wyliea
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Philonicus Loew, 1849
[Asilinae]
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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Loew, H. (1849): Ueber die europäischen Raubfliegen (Diptera, Asilica). - Linnaea entomologica 4: 1-155 [144]; Szczecin (= Stettin) - Berlin.
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Type species:
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Asilus albiceps Meigen, 1820: 312
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Literature:
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Hine, J.S. (1907): Robber flies of the genus Philonicus. - Ohio naturalist 7: 115-118; Columbus [key]. Hine, J.S. (1909): Robber flies of the genus Asilus. - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2(2): 136-170; Columbus [key].
Banks, N. (1920): Description of few new Diptera. - The Canadian Entomologist 52: 65-67; Ottawa.
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Nearctic species:
- Philonicus arizonensis (Williston, 1893)
- Philonicus limpidipennis (Hine, 1909)
- Philonicus obscurus Hine, 1907
- Philonicus persimilis (Banks, 1920)
- Philonicus plebeius (Osten-Sacken, 1887)
- Philonicus rufipennis Hine, 1907
Philonicus arizonensis (Williston, 1893)
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Founded on:
Hine, J.S. (1909): Robber flies of the genus Asilus. - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2(2): 136-170; Columbus. [amended]
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Femora completely black . . . . . Philonicus obscurus Hine, 1907 [KY, NJ, DC, NC, OH, PA, NY, MA, WV, VA, SC, GA, FL]
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Femora partly reddish.
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Wings dark infuscated. Legs dark red. Abdomen pure black banded with gray . . . . . Philonicus arizonensis (Williston, 1893) [AZ]
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Wings hyaline or reddish. Abdomen gray black banded with gray.
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Wings limpid. Legs pale reddish, brown of fuscus in places . . . . . Philonicus limpidipennis (Hine, 1909) [CO, AZ, NM, TX, OK, UT]
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Wings reddish. Legs pale reddish, usually black in places.
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Epandrium with the angle at the beginning of the excavation produced inward and backward so that it meets and crosses its fellow of the opposite side.
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Angle of the epandrium not produced . . . . . Philonicus rufipennis Hine, 1907 [KS, OK, IA, IL, AR]
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Facial gibbosity large, almost reaching the antennae . . . . . Philonicus persimilis (Banks, 1920) [CA]
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Facial gibbosity not reaching the antennae . . . . . Philonicus plebeius (Osten-Sacken, 1887) [AZ, NM, UT, MEX]
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