Asilinae
Asilus
Dicropaltum
Machimus
Negasilus
Neoitamus
Neomochtherus
Philonicus
Polacantha
Prolatiforceps *
Rhadiurgus
Tolmerus
Wyliea
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Prolatiforceps Martin, 1975
[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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Martin, C.H. (1975): The generic and specific characters of four old and six new Asilini genera in the Western United States, Mexico and Central America (Diptera: Asilidae). - Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 119: 1-107 [61]; San Francisco.
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Type species:
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Asilus melanocerus Williston, 1901: 329
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Literature:
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Martin, C.H. (1975): The generic and specific characters of four old and six new Asilini genera in the Western United States, Mexico and Central America (Diptera: Asilidae). - Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 119: 1-107; San Francisco [key].
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Nearctic species:
- Prolatiforceps fulviventris (Schaeffer, 1916)
- Prolatiforceps thulia Martin, 1975
Prolatiforceps fulviventris (Schaeffer, 1916)
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Founded on:
Martin, C.H. (1975): The generic and specific characters of four old and six new Asilini genera in the Western United States, Mexico and Central America (Diptera: Asilidae). - Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 119: 1-107 [79]; San Francisco. [amended]]
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Both tibiae and femora totally black . . . . . Prolatiforceps fulviventris (Schaeffer, 1916) [AZ]
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Tibiae reddish or brownish yellow, with or without brown to black markings . . . . . Prolatiforceps thulia Martin, 1975 [AZ, NM]
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