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Laphystiinae
Laphystia
Perasis
Psilocurus *
Zabrops

Psilocurus Loew, 1874
[Laphystiinae]

Neotropical Nearctic Palaearctic Afrotropical Oriental Australian & Oceania
  typ.loc. ?      

Description: Loew, H. (1874): Neue nordamerikanische Dasypogonina. - Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 18: 353-377 [370]; Berlin.
Type species: Psilocurus nudiusculus Loew, 1874: 370
Synonyms: Orthoneuromyia Williston, 1893
Literature: Curran, C.H. (1931): New American Asilidae (Diptera) II. - American Museum Novitates 487: 25 pp.; New York [key]. Bromley, S.W. (1951): Asilid notes (Diptera) with descriptions of thirty-two new species. - American Museum Novitates 1532: 36 pp.; New York [key].

Nearctic species:

  1. Psilocurus birdi birdi Curran, 1931
  2. Psilocurus birdi pallustris Hull, 1961
  3. Psilocurus modestus (Williston, 1893)
  4. Psilocurus nudiusculus Loew, 1874
  5. Psilocurus puellus Bromley, 1934
  6. Psilocurus pygmaeus Hull, 1961
  7. Psilocurus reinhardi Bromley, 1951
  8. Psilocurus tibialis Hull, 1961

Psilocurus nudiusculus Loew, 1874

- male -

dorsal view   lateral view
head dorsal   head lateral
head frontal   postpedicel
postpedicel   scutum lateral

- female (1) -

dorsal view   lateral view
head dorsal_   head lateral
head frontal   thorax dorsal
scutum lateral   scutellum dorsal
scutellum lateral   wing
wing   abdomen dorsal
abdomen lateral   ovipositor lateral

- female (2) -

dorsal view   lateral view

 

Psilocurus modestus (Williston, 1893)

- female -

dorsal view   lateral view
back view   frontal view
head dorsal   head frontal
head lateral   antenna

 

 

 

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