Catalogue of the Nearctic genera

Keys Comparison Catalogue Terminology Notes

Asilinae
Asilus
Dicropaltum
Machimus
Negasilus
Neoitamus *
Neomochtherus
Philonicus
Polacantha
Prolatiforceps
Rhadiurgus
Tolmerus
Wyliea

Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 1878
[Asilinae]

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

Description:	Osten-Sacken, C.R. (1878): Catalogue of the described Diptera of North America. Second Edition. - Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 16: 1-276 (65-83, 229-235) [234]; Washington.
Type species:	Asilus cyanurus Loew, 1849: 84
Synonyms:	Itamus Loew, 1849
Literature:	Hine, J.S. (1909): Robber flies of the genus Asilus. - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2(2): 136-170; Columbus [key]. Bromley, S.W. (1938): A new Neoitamus from Utah (Diptera, Asilidae). - Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Science 15: 61.

Nearctic species:

Neoitamus affinis (Williston, 1893)

Neoitamus brevicomus (Hine, 1909)

Neoitamus coquillettii (Hine, 1909)

Neoitamus flavofemoratus (Hine, 1909)

Neoitamus hardyi Bromley, 1938

Neoitamus orphne (Walker, 1849)

Neoitamus terminalis (Hine, 1909)

Neoitamus flavofemoratus (Hine, 1909)

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- female -

Key to the species

Founded on: Hine, J.S. (1909): Robber flies of the genus Asilus. - Annals of the Entomological Society of America 2(2): 136-170; Columbus. [amended]

	Hairs of face, mystax, bright yellow. Epandium notched on dorsal side at apex.
	Mystax wholly or in part black or white, or else epandium not notched on dorsal side at apex.

	All femora black . . . . . Neoitamus orphne (Walker, 1849) [NY, PA, WI, MI, ME, IL, FL, GA, TN, KY, IN, SC, NC, VA, OH, MT, WY, CO, CT, QUE]
	Front and middle femora almost entirely yellow . . . . . Neoitamus affinis (Williston, 1893) [WA, CA, OR]

	Front and middle femora yellow, each with an dorsal black stripe.
	All femora black, at most only a preapical band yellow.

	Hind femora black . . . . . Neoitamus flavofemoratus (Hine, 1909) [PA, MI, ME, IL, FL, GA, TN, KY, IN, SC, NC, VA, OH, NY, VT, MA, NH, MD, QUE]
	Hind femora redish-yellow with black markings . . . . . Neoitamus hardyi Bromley, 1938 [UT]

	Epandium not notched on dorsal side at apex . . . . . Neoitamus terminalis (Hine, 1909) [CA]
	Epandium notched on dorsal side at apex

	Scutum for its entire length with a crest of long hairs . . . . . Neoitamus coquillettii (Hine, 1909) [CA]
	Scutum with the hairs on anterior part distinctly shorter than on posterior part . . . . . Neoitamus brevicomus (Hine, 1909) [BCA, CA, UT, OR, WA]