Psilocurus is a genus of robber flies in the family of Asilidae. There are about 14 described species in Psilocurus.

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Psilocurus:

  • Psilocurus birdi Curran, 1931
  • Psilocurus blascoi Weinberg & Bachli, 2001
  • Psilocurus camposi Curran, 1931
  • Psilocurus caudatus Williston, 1901
  • Psilocurus hypopygialis (Paramonov, 1930)
  • Psilocurus modestus (Williston, 1893)
  • Psilocurus negrus Lehr, 1974
  • Psilocurus nudiusculus Loew, 1874
  • Psilocurus pallustris Hull, 1961
  • Psilocurus puellus Bromley, 1934
  • Psilocurus pygmaeus Hull, 1961
  • Psilocurus reinhardi Bromley, 1951
  • Psilocurus tibialis Hull, 1961
  • † Paraclia tarsalis (Statz, 1940)

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). hdl:.
  • McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). . Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
  • Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). . Studia Dipterologica. 10.