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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Orthorrhapha » Asiloidea » Robber Flies (Asilidae) » Laphystiinae » Psilocurus

Genus Psilocurus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · See Also · Works Cited
Psilocurus birdi? - Psilocurus birdi Asilid - Psilocurus nudiusculus - male Asilid - Psilocurus nudiusculus - female Psilocurus birdi What kind of fly is this? View 2 - Psilocurus Psilocurus birdi Robber fly - Psilocurus Which robberfly is this? - Psilocurus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Orthorrhapha)
Superfamily Asiloidea
Family Asilidae (Robber Flies)
Subfamily Laphystiinae
Genus Psilocurus
Explanation of Names
Psilocurus Loew 1874
Numbers
8 spp. in our area, 13 total(1)
See Also
Laphystia. "The very distinctive scutellar bristles, the narrower and more gibbous face, and the oval flagellum help separate Psilocurus from Laphystia." [comment by Eric Fisher]
Works Cited
1.Information on robber flies, compiled by F. Geller-Grimm
Contributed by Cotinis on 10 January, 2007 - 2:24am
Additional contributions by v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 16 January, 2013 - 7:49pm

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