Biology:Polacantha
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Short description: Genus of flies
| Polacantha | |
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| Polacantha gracilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Asilinae |
| Genus: | Polacantha Martin, 1975 |
Polacantha is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 10 described species in Polacantha.[1][2][3][4]
Species
These 10 species belong to the genus Polacantha:
- Polacantha arcuata Martin, 1975 i c g b
- Polacantha badia Martin, 1975 c g
- Polacantha brevis Martin, 1975 c g
- Polacantha composita (Hine, 1918) i c g b
- Polacantha gracilis (Wiedemann, 1828) i c g b
- Polacantha grossa Martin, 1975 i c g b
- Polacantha pegma Martin, 1975 i c g
- Polacantha petila Martin, 1975 c g
- Polacantha sinuosa Martin, 1975 i c g
- Polacantha tridens Martin, 1975 c g
Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Polacantha Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=133818. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Browse Polacantha". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/a729556c75247aaed0bd9b0330e6fa99. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Polacantha". https://www.gbif.org/species/1665046. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Polacantha Genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/97633. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
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).
- Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. 1981. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8. http://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/9.817747/publication.html.
- Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica 10. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302933699.
Wikidata ☰ Q14512054 entry
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