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Genus Poecilognathus

ruelia1 - Poecilognathus punctipennis - female Poecilognathus? - Poecilognathus Unknown fly - Poecilognathus Fly - Poecilognathus - male Bee fly - Poecilognathus Bombyliidae: Poecilognathus sp.? - Poecilognathus Male? Poecilognathus? - Poecilognathus Poecilognathus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Bombyliidae (Bee Flies)
Subfamily Phthiriinae
Tribe Poecilognathini
Genus Poecilognathus
Explanation of Names
Poecilognathus Jaennicke 1867
Numbers
8 spp. in our area, 14 total(1)
Range
New World (se. Canada to Costa Rica + 3 spp. in Chile); in our area, P. sulphureus is widespread (ON-GA-AL to OR-CA), P. scolopax CA to MN-AR, P. punctipennis GA-FL, the rest mostly in sw. US(1)