Biology:Dasypogon (fly)

Short description: Genus of insects

Dasypogon
Asilidae Dasypogon diadema
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Tribe:	Dasypogonini
Genus:	Dasypogon Meigen, 1803

Dasypogon is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 80 described species in Dasypogon.

Species

These 84 species belong to the genus Dasypogon:

• Dasypogon acratus Walker, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon aegon Walker, 1848 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon aequalis (Walker, 1857) ^c
• Dasypogon agathyllus Walker, 1848 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon analis Macquart, 1850 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon anemetus Walker, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon aphidas Walker, 1848 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon aphidnus Walker, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon arcuatus (Fabricius, 1794) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon atratus (Fabricius, 1794) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon atripennis (Macquart, 1834) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon atripes Fabricius, 1805 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon aurarius Wiedemann, 1821 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon auripilus (Seguy, 1934) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon australis Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon bacescui Weinberg, 1979 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon barrus Walker, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon bigoti Bellardi, 1861 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon bonariensis Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon brevipennis (Meigen, 1838) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon caffer (Wiedemann, 1828) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon carvilius Walker, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon castigans Walker, 1851 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon caudatus (Fabricius, 1805) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon cephicus Say, 1829 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon cerretanus Walker, 1848 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon coon Walker, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon copreus Walker, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon costalis Lynch Arribalzaga, 1880 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon crassus Macquart, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon diadema (Fabricius, 1781) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon dorsalis (Wiedemann, 1824) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon equestris Wiedemann, 1828 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon fabricii Wiedemann, 1820 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon flavipennis Macquart, 1846 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon fossius (Walker, 1849) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon fraternus Macquart, 1846 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon fuscipennis Macquart, 1834 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon geradi Weinberg, 1987 ^g
• Dasypogon gerardi Weinberg, 1988 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon gougeleti (Bigot, 1878) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon grandis Macquart, 1846 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon iberus Tomasovic, 1999 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon insertus Walker, 1851 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon irinelae Weinberg, 1986 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon kugleri Weinberg, 1986 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon lebasii Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon lenticeps (Thomson, 1869) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon longus Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon luctuosus Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon lugens Philippi, 1865 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon magisi Tomasovic, 1999 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon maricus Walker, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon melanogaster ^g
• Dasypogon melanopterus Loew, 1869 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon mexicanus Macquart, 1846 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon nigriventris Dufour, 1833 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon occlusus Meijere, 1906 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon octonotatus Loew, 1869 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon olcesci (Bigot, 1878) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon parvus Rondani, 1851 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon potitus Walker, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon pumilus Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon punctipennis Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon rapax Walker, 1851 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon regenstreifi Weinberg, 1986 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon reinhardi Wiedemann, 1824 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon rubiginipennis Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon rubiginosum (Bigot, 1878) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon rubinipes (Becker & Stein, 1913) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon rufescens (Macquart, 1834) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon ruficauda (Fabricius, 1805) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon rufipes Philippi, 1865 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon rufiventris Walker, 1854 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon sericeus Philippi, 1865 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon sicanus Costa, 1854 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon silanus Walker, 1849 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon tenuis Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon torridus (Walker, 1856) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon tragicus (Wiedemann, 1828) ^{c g}
• Dasypogon tripartitus Walker, 1854 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon tsacasi Weinberg, 1991 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon variabilis Brullé, 1833 ^{c g}
• Dasypogon volcatius Walker, 1849 ^{c g}

Data sources: c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Further reading

• Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". American Museum of Natural History. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/5949. Retrieved 2018-04-22. 
• Hull, F.M. (1962). "Robber flies of the world". Bulletin of the United States National Museum 224. 

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