Townsendia (fly)

Genus of flies

Townsendia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Asilidae
Subfamily: Stichopogoninae
Genus: Townsendia
Williston, 1895

Townsendia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 13 described species in Townsendia.[1][2][3]

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Townsendia:

  • Townsendia albomacula Martin, 1966 i c g b
  • Townsendia araguensis Kaletta, 1976 c g
  • Townsendia arenicola Scarbrough, 1995 c g b
  • Townsendia argyrata Curran, 1926 c g
  • Townsendia dilata Martin, 1966 i c g
  • Townsendia fiebrigii Bezzi, 1909 c g
  • Townsendia gracilis Martin, 1966 c g
  • Townsendia minuta Williston, 1895 i c g
  • Townsendia nemacula Martin, 1966 c g
  • Townsendia nigra Back, 1909 i c g b
  • Townsendia podexargenteus Enderlein, 1914 c g
  • Townsendia pulcherrima Back, 1909 i c g
  • Townsendia triangulata Martin, 1966 c g

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Townsendia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  2. ^ a b "Townsendia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  3. ^ a b "Townsendia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-22.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico (2nd ed.). CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
  • Bromley, S.W. (1950). "Florida Asilidae (Diptera) with descriptions of one new species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 43 (2): 227–239. doi:10.1093/aesa/43.2.227.
  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). "The families and genera of North American Diptera". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6825. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/5949. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  • Hull, F.M. (1962). "Robber flies of the world". Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 224.
  • McAlpine, J.F.; Petersen, B.V.; Shewell, G.E.; Teskey, H.J.; et al. (1987). Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Research Branch Agriculture Canada. ISBN 978-0660121253.
  • Dikow, Torsten (2018). "Asiloid Flies, deciphering their diversity and evolutionary history". National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2018-04-22.
  • "Diptera.info". Retrieved 2018-04-22.
Taxon identifiers
Townsendia


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