Parataracticus

Parataracticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Dasypogoninae
Genus:	Parataracticus Cole, 1924

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

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Parataracticus:

• Parataracticus arenicolus Martin, 1968 ^{c g}
• Parataracticus cuyamus Wilcox, 1967 ^{i c g}
• Parataracticus melanderi Wilcox, 1967 ^{i c g}
• Parataracticus niger Martin, 1955 ^{i c g}
• Parataracticus rubens (Coquillett, 1904) ^{i c g}
• Parataracticus rubidus Cole, 1924 ^{i c g}
• Parataracticus wyliei Martin, 1955 ^{i c g b}

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

References

1. "Parataracticus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
2. "Browse Parataracticus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
3. "Parataracticus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-04.
4. "Parataracticus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-04.

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.