Genus Polacantha

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Internet References

Polacantha species - Polacantha grossa - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon ("Orthorrhapha" (Brachycera excluding Aschiza and Schizophora))

Superfamily Asiloidea

Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)

Subfamily Asilinae

Genus Polacantha

Numbers

10 species, all in the new world.

Remarks

6 species in the U.S.: P. pegma in California, P. grossa and P. sinuosa in Texas, P. arctuata in Arizona, P. gracilis from Maryland to Florida, P. composita from Oregon to Utah and south. There are several species in Mexico as well. This geographic data shouldn't be used to identify these flies as the ranges are likely to be broader.

Internet References

BDWD Nomenclator

Contributed by Keith Bayless on 8 March, 2007 - 6:23pm

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