Maira is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 described species in Maira.

Species

These 57 species belong to the genus Maira:

  • Maira abscissa (Walker, 1860)c g
  • Maira aenea (Fabricius, 1805)c g
  • Maira albifacies Wulp, 1872c g
  • Maira appendiculata Bezzi, 1928c g
  • Maira aterrima Hermann, 1914c g
  • Maira auribarbis (Macquart, 1848)c
  • Maira aurifacies (Macquart, 1848)c
  • Maira bicolor Joseph & Parui, 1987c g
  • Maira bisnigra Bigot, 1878c g
  • Maira calopogon (Bigot, 1878)c g
  • Maira cambodgiensis Bigot, 1878c g
  • Maira claripennis (Le Guillou, 1842)c g
  • Maira compta Walker, 1862c g
  • Maira condecora (Walker, 1862)c g
  • Maira conveniens (Walker, 1861)c g
  • Maira delfinadoi Joseph & Parui, 1981c g
  • Maira elegans (Walker, 1855)c g
  • Maira elysiaca Osten Sacken, 1881c g
  • Maira flagellata (Walker, 1862)c g
  • Maira germana (Walker, 1858)c g
  • Maira gloriosa (Walker, 1858)c g
  • Maira gracilicornis Meijere, 1914c g
  • Maira hirta Meijere, 1913c g
  • Maira hispidella Wulp, 1872c g
  • Maira indiana Joseph & Parui, 1987c g
  • Maira kollari (Doleschall, 1857)c g
  • Maira lauta Wulp, 1885c g
  • Maira leei (Paramonov, 1958)c g
  • Maira limbidorsum Bezzi, 1928c g
  • Maira longicornis Meijere, 1913c g
  • Maira longirostrata Bromley, 1935c g
  • Maira nieifacies (Macquart, 1850)c g
  • Maira nigrithorax Wulp, 1872c g
  • Maira nigropilosa Meijere, 1913c g
  • Maira niveifacies (Macquart, 1850)c g
  • Maira nychthemera Wulp, 1872c g
  • Maira occulta Wulp, 1872c g
  • Maira paradisiaca (Walker, 1859)c g
  • Maira paria Bigot, 1878c g
  • Maira placens (Walker, 1859)c g
  • Maira pseudoindiana Joseph & Parui, 1995c g
  • Maira requista (Walker, 1859)c g
  • Maira setipes (Walker, 1862)c g
  • Maira smaragdina Bigot, 1878c g
  • Maira sodalis (Walker, 1858)c g
  • Maira splendida (Guerin Meneville, 1831)c g
  • Maira superba Meijere, 1913c g
  • Maira tincta Meijere, 1913c g
  • Maira tomentosa Wulp, 1872c g
  • Maira tuberculata Wulp, 1872c g
  • Maira vanderwulpi Meijere, 1913c g
  • Maira varians Ricardo, 1929c g
  • Maira villipes (Doleschall, 1857)c g
  • Maira whitneyi Curran, 1936c g
  • Maira willowsi Curran, 1936c g
  • Maira wollastoni Austen, 1915c g
  • Maira xizangensis Shi, 1995c g

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

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). (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:.
  • Charles, H. Curran (1934). . doi:. {{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  • Dikow, T. (2009). . American Museum of Natural History. hdl:.
  • 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.

External links

  • Dikow, Torsten (2018). . National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution. Archived from on 2015-09-28.
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