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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Poecilognathus

red-eyed saberbill - Poecilognathus Poecilognathus? - Poecilognathus Bee fly - Poecilognathus delicate spot-winged fly at flower - Poecilognathus Poecilognathus (?) III - ID request - Poecilognathus Small yellow fly on a flower - Poecilognathus Bombyliidae - Poecilognathus - male Poecilognathus in Texas - 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)