Megaphorus

Megaphorus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 18 described species in Megaphorus.

Megaphorus
Megaphorus clausicellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Asilinae
Genus:	Megaphorus Bigot, 1857

Species

These 18 species belong to the genus Megaphorus:

• Megaphorus acrus (Curran, 1931) ^{i c g b}
• Megaphorus brunneus (Cole, 1964) ^{c g}
• Megaphorus clausicellus (Macquart, 1850) ^{i c g b}
• Megaphorus durangoensis Cole & Pritchard, 1964 ^{c g}
• Megaphorus flavidus (Cole, 1964) ^{c g b}
• Megaphorus frustra Cole & Pritchard, 1964 ^c
• Megaphorus frustrus (PRITCHARD, 1935) ^{c g b}
• Megaphorus guildiana (Williston, 1885) ^{i c g}
• Megaphorus intermedius (Tucker, 1907) ^{i c g}
• Megaphorus laphroides (Wiedemann, 1828) ^{i c g b}
• Megaphorus lascrucensis (Cole, 1964) ^{i c g}
• Megaphorus martinorum (Cole, 1964) ^{i c g}
• Megaphorus megachile (Coquillett, 1893) ^{i c g b}
• Megaphorus minutus (Macquart, 1834) ^{i c g b}
• Megaphorus pallidus (Johnson, 1958) ^{i c g b}
• Megaphorus prudens (Pritchard, 1935) ^{i c g b}
• Megaphorus pulchrus (Pritchard, 1935) ^{i c g}
• Megaphorus willistoni (Cole, 1964) ^{i c g b}

Data sources: i = ITIS, 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)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (319). hdl:2246/5949.
• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
• Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica. 10.