Asilinae
Asilus
Dicropaltum *
Machimus
Negasilus
Neoitamus
Neomochtherus
Philonicus
Polacantha
Prolatiforceps
Rhadiurgus
Tolmerus
Wyliea
Dicropaltum Martin, 1975
[Asilinae]
[Asilinae]
| Neotropical | Nearctic | Palaearctic | Afrotropical | Oriental | Australian & Oceania |
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| Description: | Martin, C.H. (1975): The generic and specific characters of four old and six new Asilini genera in the Western United States, Mexico and Central America (Diptera: Asilidae). - Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 119: 1-107 [79]; San Francisco. |
| Type species: | Asilus rubicundus Hine, 1909: 162 |
| Literature: | Martin, C.H. (1975): The generic and specific characters of four old and six new Asilini genera in the western United States, mexico and Central America (Diptera: Asilidae). - Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 119: 1-107; San Francisco [key]. |
Nearctic species:
Dicropaltum mesae (Tucker, 1907)
- male -
- female -
Key to the species
Founded on:
Martin, C.H. (1975): The generic and specific characters of four old and six new Asilini genera in the Western United States, Mexico and Central America (Diptera: Asilidae). - Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences 119: 1-107 [79]; San Francisco. [amended]
 | Red species. Hind femora red. Style subequal to postpedicel. Length 12 mm . . . . . Dicropaltum rubicundus (Hine, 1909) [KS, IL, NM, TX, MO, OK, AL, TN, KY, OK, AR, SD?] | |
 | Black species. Hind femora totally black. Style short. Length > 10 mm . . . . . Dicropaltum mesae (Tucker, 1907) [CO, WA, OR, CA, NM, KS, NV, UT, CO, ID, WY, MT, ALB, BCA] |
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