Catalogue of the Nearctic genera

Keys Comparison Catalogue Terminology Notes

Dasypogoninae
Blepharepiini
Blepharepium
Dasypogonini
Lestomyia
Parataracticus
Saropogon
Taracticus
Isopogonini
Comantella
Cophura
Hodophylax *
Nicocles
Omninablautus
Lastaurini
Diogmites

Hodophylax James, 1933
[Dasypogoninae: Isopogonini]

Neotropical	Nearctic	Palaearctic	Afrotropical	Oriental	Australian & Oceania
?	typ.loc.

Description:	James, M.T. (1933): New Asilidae from colorado. - American Museum Novitates 596: 1-3 [1]; New York.
Type species:	Hodophylax aridus James, 1933: 2

Literature:	Wilcox, J. (1961): The genus Hodophylax James (Diptera: Asilidae). - Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 56: 112-116; New York - Lancaster [key].

Nearctic species:

Hodophylax aridus James, 1933

Hodophylax basingeri Pritchard, 1938

Hodophylax halli Wilcox, 1961

Hodophylax tolandi Wilcox, 1961

Hodophylax aridus James, 1933

- male -

- female -

Key to the species

Founded on: Wilcox, J. (1961): The genus Hodophylax James (Diptera: Asilidae). - Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 56: 112-116; New York - Lancaster. [amended]

	Scutellum wholly pollinose. Style two-thirds length of postpedicel. Tibiae and tarsomeres black. Face at antennae three-fourth width of one eye.
	Scutellum laterally bare of pollen. Style not more than one-half length of postpedicel. Tibiae and tarsomeres dorsally reddish. Face at antennae twi-thirds width of one eye.

	Lower one-fourth of face bare of pollen. Hairs of mystax laterally ectending one-third distance of antennae. Pollinose fasciae on abdominal segments 2-4 entire or nearly so and 2-5 with a central vertical pollinose stripe or spot. Hairs on scutum sparse, adpressed and not larger than first antennal segment. Length 9-10 mm . . . . . Hodophylax halli Wilcox, 1961 [CA]
	Face wholly pollinose. Hairs of mystax extending one-half distance to antennae. Pollinose fasciae interrupted on all abdominal segments. Hairs on scutum semierect and as long or longer than scape and pedicel combined. Length 5-9 mm . . . . . Hodophylax basingeri Pritchard, 1938 [CA, AZ, UT, NV, MEX?]

	Scutellum narrowly bare of pollen at sides. Female abdominal segments 2-4 with entire pollinose fasciae leaving a bare spot on either side anteriorly and a rounded spot at the middle posteriorly. male segments 2-3 similar but segments 4-5 wholly pollinose. Length 7 mm . . . . . Hodophylax aridus James, 1933 [CO, AZ, NM, TX, KS]
	Scutellum broadly bare of pollen laterally. Pollinose fasciae of both sexes broadly interrupted on abdominal segments 1-5. Length 6-8 mm . . . . . Hodophylax tolandi Wilcox, 1961 [AZ, NM, MEX?]