Asilinae
Asilus
Dicropaltum
Machimus
Negasilus
Neoitamus
Neomochtherus
Philonicus
Polacantha
Prolatiforceps *
Rhadiurgus
Tolmerus
Wyliea
Prolatiforceps Martin, 1975
[Asilinae]
[Asilinae]
| Neotropical | Nearctic | Palaearctic | Afrotropical | Oriental | Australian & Oceania |
| ? | typ.loc. |
| 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 [61]; San Francisco. |
| Type species: | Asilus melanocerus Williston, 1901: 329 |
| 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:
Prolatiforceps fulviventris (Schaeffer, 1916)
- 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]]
 | Both tibiae and femora totally black . . . . . Prolatiforceps fulviventris (Schaeffer, 1916) [AZ] | |
 | Tibiae reddish or brownish yellow, with or without brown to black markings . . . . . Prolatiforceps thulia Martin, 1975 [AZ, NM] |
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