Poecilognathus

Poecilognathus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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

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

1. "Catalogue of Life, Poecilognathus Jaennicke, 1867" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
2. "GBIF, Poecilognathus" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
3. "BugGuide.net, Poecilognathus genus Information" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
4. Evenhuis, N.L.; Greathead, D.J. (2015). "World catalog of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae)" . Retrieved 2019-07-02.
5. 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.
6. 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

• 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.