Leptopteromyia

Leptopteromyia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Leptogastrinae
Genus:	Leptopteromyia Williston, 1907

Leptopteromyia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about seven described species in Leptopteromyia. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Leptopteromyia:

• Leptopteromyia americana Hardy, 1947 ^{i c g b}
• Leptopteromyia brasilae Martin, 1971 ^{c g}
• Leptopteromyia colombiae Martin, 1971 ^{c g}
• Leptopteromyia gracilis Williston, 1908 ^{c g}
• Leptopteromyia lopesi Martin, 1971 ^{c g}
• Leptopteromyia mexicanae Martin, 1971 ^{c g}
• Leptopteromyia peruae Martin, 1971 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS, ^[1] c = Catalogue of Life, ^[2] g = GBIF, ^[3] b = Bugguide.net ^[4]

References

1. "Leptopteromyia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
2. "Browse Leptopteromyia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
3. "Leptopteromyia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
4. "Leptopteromyia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.

Further reading

• Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (319). hdl: 2246/5949 .
• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN   978-0-660-10731-8.
• Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica. 10.