Biology:List of Promachus species

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This is a list of 249 species in the genus Promachus, giant robber flies.

Promachus species

• Promachus abdominalis Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus aberrans Paramonov, 1931 ^{c g}
• Promachus absterrens Oldroyd, 1960 ^{c g}
• Promachus acuminatus (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus adamsii Ricardo, 1920 [= apicalis Adams, 1905 (Homonym)] ^{c g}
• Promachus addens (Walker, 1861) ^{c g}
• Promachus aedithus (Walker, 1849) ^{c g}
• Promachus aegyptiacus Efflatoun, 1929 ^{c g}
• Promachus aequalis Loew, 1858 ^{c g}
• Promachus albicauda Wulp, 1872 ^{c g}
• Promachus albicinctus Ricardo, 1900 ^{c g}
• Promachus albifacies Williston, 1885 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus albitarsatus (Macquart, 1834) ^{c g}
• Promachus albopilosus (Macquart, 1855) ^{c g}
• Promachus aldrichii Hine, 1911 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus amastrus (Walker, 1849) ^{c g}
• Promachus amorges (Walker, 1849) ^{c g}
• Promachus anceps Osten Sacken, 1887 ^{c g}
• Promachus anicius (Walker, 1849) ^{c g}
• Promachus annularis (Fabricius, 1805) ^{c g}
• Promachus apicalis (Macquart, 1838)
• Promachus apivorus (Walker, 1860) ^{c g}
• Promachus argentipennis Efflatoun, 1929 ^{c g}
• Promachus argentipes Meijere, 1913 ^{c g}
• Promachus argyropus Bezzi, 1906 ^{c g}
• Promachus ater Coquillett, 1898 ^{c g}
• Promachus atrox Bromley, 1940 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus aurulans Lindner, 1955 ^{c g}
• Promachus barbatus (Doleschall, 1857) ^{c g}
• Promachus bastardii (Macquart, 1838) ^{i c g b} (false bee-killer)
• Promachus beesoni Ricardo, 1921 ^{c g}
• Promachus bellaridi Martin, 1965 ^{c g}
• Promachus bifasciatus (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus binghamensis Ricardo, 1921 ^{c g}
• Promachus binucleatus Bezzi, 1908 ^{c g}
• Promachus bomensis Curran, 1927 ^{c g}
• Promachus bottegoi Corti, 1895 ^{c g}
• Promachus brevipennis Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus breviusculus Walker, 1855 ^{c g}
• Promachus breviventris Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus caffer (Macquart, 1846) ^{c g}
• Promachus calanus (Walker, 1851) ^{c g}
• Promachus calcaratus (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus calorificus (Walker, 1859) ^{c g}
• Promachus canus (Wiedemann, 1818) ^{c g}
• Promachus captans (Walker, 1851) ^{c g}
• Promachus carpenteri (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus ceylanicus (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus chalcops Speiser, 1910 ^{c g}
• Promachus chinensis Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus cinctus Bellardi, 1861 ^{c g}
• Promachus cinereus Ricardo, 1925 ^{c g}
• Promachus clausus (Macquart, 1846) ^{c g}
• Promachus clavigerus Bromley, 1931 ^{c g}
• Promachus complens (Walker, 1861) ^c
• Promachus condanguineus (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus conradti (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus consanguineus (Macquart, 1838) ^g
• Promachus contractus (Walker, 1851) ^{c g}
• Promachus contradicens (Walker, 1858) ^{c g}
• Promachus cornutus (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus cothurnatus (Bigot, 1859) ^{c g}
• Promachus crassifemoratus (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus cristatus Oldroyd, 1960 ^{c g}
• Promachus cypricus (Rondani, 1856) ^{c g}
• Promachus desmopygus Meijere, 1914 ^{c g}
• Promachus dimidiatus Curran, 1927 ^{i c g}
• Promachus djanetianus Seguy, 1938 ^{c g}
• Promachus doddi Ricardo, 1913 ^{c g}
• Promachus duvaucelii (Macquart, 1838) ^c
• Promachus entebbensis (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus enucleatus Karsch, 1888 ^{c g}
• Promachus erythrosceles (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus fasciatus (Fabricius, 1775) ^{c g}
• Promachus felinus Wulp, 1872 ^{c g}
• Promachus fitchii Osten Sacken, 1878 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus flavifasciatus (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus flavopilosus Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus floccosus Kirby, 1884 ^{c g}
• Promachus forcipatus Schiner, 1868 ^{c g}
• Promachus forfex Osten Sacken, 1887 ^{c g}
• Promachus formosanus Matsumura, 1916 ^{c g}
• Promachus foromosanus Matsumura, 1916 ^g
• Promachus fraterculus (Walker, 1855) ^{c g}
• Promachus fulvipes (Macquart, 1838) ^c
• Promachus fulviventris (Becker, 1925) ^{c g}
• Promachus fuscifemoratus Joseph & Parui, 1981 ^{c g}
• Promachus fuscipennis (Macquart, 1846) ^c
• Promachus fusiformis (Walker, 1856) ^{c g}
• Promachus genitalis Joseph & Parui, 1987 ^{c g}
• Promachus ghumtiensis Bromley, 1935 ^{c g}
• Promachus giganteus Hine, 1911 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus gomerae Frey, 1936 ^{c g}
• Promachus gossypiatus Speiser, 1910 ^{c g}
• Promachus gracilis (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus graeffi Schmeltz, 1866 ^{c g}
• Promachus grandis (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus griseiventris Becker & Stein, 1913 ^{c g}
• Promachus grisiventris Becker, 1913 ^{c g}
• Promachus guineensis (Wiedemann, 1824) ^{c g}
• Promachus hastatus (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus heteropterus (Macquart, 1838) ^c
• Promachus hinei Bromley, 1931 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus hirsutus Ricardo, 1925 ^{c g}
• Promachus hirtiventris (Macquart, 1850) ^c
• Promachus horichanus Matsumura, 1916 ^g
• Promachus horishanus Matsumura, 1916 ^{c g}
• Promachus horni Bromley, 1935 ^{c g}
• Promachus hypocaustus Oldroyd, 1972 ^{c g}
• Promachus incisuralis (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus indicus Joseph & Parui, 1987 ^{c g}
• Promachus indigenus (Becker, 1925) ^{c g}
• Promachus inoratus Wulp, 1872 ^{c g}
• Promachus inornatus Wulp, 1872 ^{c g}
• Promachus jabalpurensis Joseph & Parui, 1981 ^{c g}
• Promachus knutsoni Joseph & Parui, 1987 ^{c g}
• Promachus laciniosus Becker, 1907 ^{c g}
• Promachus lateralis (Walker, 1860) ^{c g}
• Promachus latitarsatus (Macquart & Berthelot, 1839) ^{c g}
• Promachus lehri Joseph & Parui, 1987 ^{c g}
• Promachus lemur Bromley, 1931 ^{c g}
• Promachus leoninus Loew, 1848 ^{c g}
• Promachus leontochlaenus Loew, 1871 ^{c g}
• Promachus leucopareus Wulp, 1872 ^{c g}
• Promachus leucopygus (Walker, 1857) ^{c g}
• Promachus leucotrichodes Bigot, 1892 ^{c g}
• Promachus lineosus (Walker, 1857) ^{c g}
• Promachus longius (Chou & Lee, 1991) ^g
• Promachus macquartii (Rondani, 1848) ^c
• Promachus maculatus (Fabricius, 1775) ^{c g}
• Promachus maculosus (Macquart, 1834) ^{c g}
• Promachus madagascarensis Bromley, 1942 ^{c g}
• Promachus magnus Bellardi, 1861 ^{i c g}
• Promachus manilliensis (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus marcii (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus mediospinosus Speiser, 1913 ^{c g}
• Promachus melampygus Wulp, 1872 ^{c g}
• Promachus mesacanthus (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus mesorrhachis (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus metoxus (Oldroyd, 1939) ^{c g}
• Promachus microlabis Loew, 1857 ^{c g}
• Promachus minusculus Hine, 1911 ^{i c g}
• Promachus mitescens (Walker, 1851) ^{c g}
• Promachus mixtus (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus mustela Loew, 1854 ^{c g}
• Promachus neavei (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus negligens Adams, 1905 ^{c g}
• Promachus nicobarensis Schiner, 1868 ^{c g}
• Promachus nigrbarbatus (Becker, 1925) ^g
• Promachus nigrialbus Martin, 1970 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus nigribarbatus (Becker, 1925) ^{c g}
• Promachus nigripes (Fabricius, 1787) ^{c g}
• Promachus nigropennipes Hobby, 1933 ^{c g}
• Promachus nigropilosus Schaeffer, 1916 ^{i g}
• Promachus niveicinctus (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus nobilis Osten Sacken, 1887 ^{c g}
• Promachus noninterponens Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus noscibilis Austen, 1915 ^{c g}
• Promachus nussus Oldroyd, 1972 ^{c g}
• Promachus obscuripes Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus obscurus Joseph & Parui, 1987 ^{c g}
• Promachus oklahomensis Pritchard, 1935 ^{i c g}
• Promachus opacus Becker, 1925 ^{c g}
• Promachus orientalis (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus ovatus Martin, 1967 ^{c g}
• Promachus painteri Bromley, 1934 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus pallidus Ricardo, 1921 ^{c g}
• Promachus pallipennis (Macquart, 1855) ^{c g}
• Promachus palmensis Frey, 1936 ^{c g}
• Promachus parvus Bromley, 1931 ^{c g}
• Promachus perfectus (Walker, 1851) ^{c g}
• Promachus perpusilla (Walker, 1851) ^{c g}
• Promachus philipinus Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus pictus Meigen, 1820
• Promachus plutonicus (Walker, 1861) ^{c g}
• Promachus poetinus (Walker, 1849) ^{c g}
• Promachus pontifex Karsch, 1888 ^{c g}
• Promachus princeps Williston, 1885 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus productus (Walker, 1851) ^{c g}
• Promachus promiscuus (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus pseudocontractus Joseph & Parui, 1993 ^{c g}
• Promachus pseudomaculatus Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus pulchellus Bellardi, 1861 ^{c g}
• Promachus punctatostriata (Schrank, 1803) ^g
• Promachus quadratus (Wiedemann, 1821) ^{i c b}
• Promachus quatuorlineatus (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus ramakrishnai Bromley, 1939 ^{c g}
• Promachus rapax Gerstaecker, 1871 ^{c g}
• Promachus raptor Austen, 1915 ^{c g}
• Promachus rectangularis Loew, 1854 ^{c g}
• Promachus rex Karsch, 1888 ^{c g}
• Promachus robertii (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus rondanii Oldroyd, 1975 ^{c g}
• Promachus rubripes (Macquart, 1834) ^c
• Promachus rueppelli Loew, 1854 ^c
• Promachus rufescens Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus rufibarbis (Macquart, 1848) ^c
• Promachus rufihumeralis Hobby, 1933 ^{c g}
• Promachus rufimystaceus (Macquart, 1850) ^{c g}
• Promachus rufipes (Fabricius, 1775) ^{i c g b} (red-footed cannibalfly)
• Promachus rufoangulatus (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus rufotibialis (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus sackeni Hine, 1911 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus scalaris Loew, 1858 ^{c g}
• Promachus scotti (Oldroyd, 1940) ^{c g}
• Promachus scutellatus (Macquart, 1834) ^c
• Promachus senegalensis (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus simpsoni Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus sinaiticus Efflatoun, 1934 ^{c g}
• Promachus smithi Parui & Joseph, 1994 ^{c g}
• Promachus snowi (Hobby, 1940) ^{c g}
• Promachus sokotrae Ricardo, 1903 ^{c g}
• Promachus speiseri (Hobby, 1936) ^c
• Promachus spissibarbis (Macquart, 1846) ^{c g}
• Promachus subsitula (Walker, 1851) ^{c g}
• Promachus subtilis Bromley, 1935 ^{c g}
• Promachus superfluus Oldroyd, 1972 ^{c g}
• Promachus taiwanensis (Chou & Lee, 1991) ^g
• Promachus tasmanensis (Macquart, 1847) ^{c g}
• Promachus testacipes (Macquart, 1855) ^{c g}
• Promachus tewfiki Efflatoun, 1929 ^{c g}
• Promachus tewfikis Efflatoun, 1929 ^{c g}
• Promachus texanus Bromley, 1934 ^{i c g}
• Promachus titan (Carrera, 1959) ^{c g}
• Promachus transactus (Walker, 1864) ^{c g}
• Promachus transvaalensis Hobby, 1933 ^{c g}
• Promachus trichonotus (Wiedemann, 1828) ^{c g}
• Promachus trichozonus Loew, 1858 ^{c g}
• Promachus triflagellatus Frey, 1923 ^{c g}
• Promachus tristis Bigot, 1892 ^{c g}
• Promachus truquii Bellardi, 1861 ^{i c g b}
• Promachus turinus (Walker, 1849) ^{c g}
• Promachus ugandiensis Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus varipes (Macquart, 1838) ^c
• Promachus venatrix (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus venustus Carrera & Andretta, 1950 ^{c g}
• Promachus versicolor (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus vertebratus (Say, 1823) ^{i c g b}
• Promachus vexator Becker, 1908 ^{c g}
• Promachus viridiventris (Macquart, 1855) ^{c g}
• Promachus westermannii (Macquart, 1838) ^{c g}
• Promachus wiedemanni Schiner, 1867 ^{c g}
• Promachus wollastoni (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}
• Promachus xanthostoma Wulp, 1872 ^{c g}
• Promachus xanthotrichus Bezzi, 1908 ^{c g}
• Promachus yepezi (Carrera & Machado-Allison, 1963) ^{c g}
• Promachus yerburiensis Ricardo, 1920 ^{c g}
• Promachus yesonicus Bigot, 1887 ^{c g}
• Promachus zenkeri (Hobby, 1936) ^{c g}

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