Asilinae
Asilus
Dicropaltum
Machimus
Negasilus *
Neoitamus
Neomochtherus
Philonicus
Polacantha
Prolatiforceps
Rhadiurgus
Tolmerus
Wyliea
Negasilus Curran, 1934
[Asilinae]
[Asilinae]
| Neotropical | Nearctic | Palaearctic | Afrotropical | Oriental | Australian & Oceania |
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| Description: | Curran, C.H. (1934): The families and genera of North American Diptera. - New York: 512 pp. [184]. |
| Type species: | Negasilus belli Curran, 1934: 184 |
| 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:
Negasilus belli Curran, 1934
- 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]]
 | Lateroposterior margins of tergites without bristles. |
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 | Lateroposterior margins of tergites with one or more bristles longer than other vestiture. |
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 | Posterior sides of femora reddish yellow . . . . . Negasilus aridalis (Adisoemarto, 1967) [ALB, SKW] | |
| Femora totally black . . . . . Negasilus gramalis (Adisoemarto, 1967) [ALB] |
 | Posterior margin of scutellum usually without bristles, if present, short recumbent bristles pointed lateral . . . . . Negasilus belli Curran, 1934 [NV, WA, CA, CO, OR, UT, CO, WY, MT, ND, SD, ALB, SKW] | |
| Posterior margin of scutellum usually with long bristles . . . . . Negasilus cumbipilosus (Adisoemarto, 1967) [ALB] |
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