Poecilognathus
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Bombyliidae |
| Subfamily: | Phthiriinae |
| Genus: | Poecilognathus Jaennicke, 1867 |
Poecilognathus is a genus of bee flies in the family Bombyliidae, found in North, Central, and South America. There are at least 20 described species in Poecilognathus.[1][2][3][4]
Species
[edit]These 22 species belong to the genus Poecilognathus:[1][5]
- Poecilognathus badia (Coquillett, 1904)
- Poecilognathus bicolor (Coquillett, 1904)
- Poecilognathus damfino Evenhuis, 2024[6]
- Poecilognathus fulvidus (Coquillett, 1904)
- Poecilognathus inornatus (Coquillett, 1904)
- Poecilognathus loewi (Painter, 1965)
- Poecilognathus marginatus (Coquillett, 1904)
- Poecilognathus philippianus (Rondani, 1863)
- Poecilognathus pulchellus (Williston, 1901)
- Poecilognathus punctipennis (Walker, 1849)
- Poecilognathus radius (Coquillett, 1904)
- Poecilognathus relativitae (Evenhuis, 1985)
- Poecilognathus scolopax (Osten Sacken, 1877)
- Poecilognathus stictopennis (Hall, 1976)
- Poecilognathus sulphureus (Loew, 1863)
- Poecilognathus testacea (Macquart, 1840)
- Poecilognathus testaceus (Macquart, 1840)
- Poecilognathus thlipsomyzoides Jaennicke, 1867
- Poecilognathus unicolor (Bezzi, 1925)
- Poecilognathus unimaculatus (Coquillett, 1904)
- Poecilognathus xanthogaster (Hall, 1976)
- † Poecilognathus stigmalis (Cockerell, 1915)
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Poecilognathus Jaennicke, 1867". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ↑ "GBIF, Poecilognathus". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ↑ "BugGuide.net, Poecilognathus genus Information". Retrieved 2025-10-26.
- ↑ Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
- ↑ Neal L. Evenhuis (16 April 2025). "A remarkable new species of the Poecilognathus punctipennis group from Arizona (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 164: 1–9. ISSN 0893-1348. Wikidata Q134459257.
- ↑ Neal L. Evenhuis (30 May 2024). "A new species of Poecilognathus (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from a known but unknown locality" (PDF). Bishop Museum Occasional Papers. 159: 1–8. ISSN 0893-1348. Wikidata Q134465941.
External links
[edit]- Citizen science observations for Poecilognathus at iNaturalist
Media related to Poecilognathus at Wikimedia Commons- Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) web site". Retrieved 2018-03-29.
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