Atomosia

Atomosia is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 60 described species in Atomosia.[1][2][3][4]

Atomosia
Atomosia melanopogon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Laphriinae
Genus:	Atomosia Macquart, 1838

Species

These 61 species belong to the genus Atomosia:

• Atomosia affinis Macquart, 1850 ^{c g}
• Atomosia anacaona Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2006 ^{c g}
• Atomosia andrenoides Bromley, 1934 ^{c g}
• Atomosia anonyma Williston, 1901 ^{c g}
• Atomosia appendiculata Macquart, 1846 ^{c g}
• Atomosia argyrophora Schiner, 1868 ^{c g}
• Atomosia arkansensis Barnes, 2008 ^{c g b}
• Atomosia armata Hermann, 1912 ^{c g}
• Atomosia barbiellinii Curran, 1935 ^{c g}
• Atomosia beckeri Jaennicke, 1867 ^{c g}
• Atomosia bequaerti Bromley, 1934 ^{c g}
• Atomosia bigoti Bellardi, 1861 ^{c g}
• Atomosia brevicornis Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Atomosia cerverai Bromley, 1929 ^{c g}
• Atomosia ciguaya Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2006 ^{c g}
• Atomosia coxalis Curran, 1930 ^{c g}
• Atomosia cyanescens Rondani, 1848 ^{c g}
• Atomosia danforthi Curran, 1935 ^{c g}
• Atomosia echemon (Walker, 1849) ⁱ
• Atomosia fredericom Carrera, 1952 ^{c g}
• Atomosia frontalis Curran, 1930 ^{c g}
• Atomosia geniculata (Wiedemann, 1821) ^{c g}
• Atomosia glabrata Say ^{i c g b}
• Atomosia hondurana James, 1953 ^{c g}
• Atomosia jagua Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2006 ^{c g}
• Atomosia jimagua Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2006 ^{c g}
• Atomosia limbata (Macquart, 1834) ^{c g}
• Atomosia limbiventris Thomson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Atomosia lineata Curran, 1930 ^{c g}
• Atomosia macquarti Bellardi, 1861 ^{c g}
• Atomosia maestrae Bromley, 1929 ^{c g}
• Atomosia melanopogon Hermann, 1912 ^{i c g b}
• Atomosia metallescens Hermann, 1912 ^{c g}
• Atomosia metallica Bromley, 1929 ^{c g}
• Atomosia modesta (Philippi, 1865) ^{c g}
• Atomosia mucida Osten Sacken, 1887 ^{i c g b}
• Atomosia mucidoides Bromley, 1951 ⁱ
• Atomosia nigroaenea Walker, 1851 ^{c g}
• Atomosia nuda Hermann, 1912 ^{c g}
• Atomosia panamensis Curran, 1930 ^{c g}
• Atomosia parva (Bigot, 1857) ^{c g}
• Atomosia pilipes Thomson, 1869 ^{c g}
• Atomosia pubescens Bromley, 1929 ^{c g}
• Atomosia puella (Wiedemann, 1828) ^{i c g b}
• Atomosia punctifera Hermann, 1912 ^{i c g}
• Atomosia pusilla Macquart, 1838 ^{i c g}
• Atomosia rica Curran, 1935 ^{c g}
• Atomosia rosalesi Carrera & Machado-Allison, 1963 ^{c g}
• Atomosia rufipes Macquart, 1847 ^{i c g b}
• Atomosia sayii Johnson, 1903 ^{i c g b}
• Atomosia scoriacea (Wiedemann, 1828) ^{c g}
• Atomosia selene Curran, 1935 ^{c g}
• Atomosia sericans Walker, 1860 ^{c g}
• Atomosia setosa Hermann, 1912 ^{c g}
• Atomosia similis Bigot, 1856 ^{c g}
• Atomosia tenus Curran, 1930 ^{c g}
• Atomosia tibialis Macquart, 1846 ^{c g}
• Atomosia unicolor Macquart, 1838 ^{c g}
• Atomosia venustula Lynch Arribalzaga, 1880 ^{c g}
• Atomosia xanthopus (Wiedemann, 1828) ^{c g}
• Atomosia yurabia Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2006 ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Atomosia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
2. "Browse Atomosia". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
3. "Atomosia". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
4. "Atomosia Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

Further reading

• Dikow, T. (2009). "Phylogeny of Asilidae inferred from morphological characters of imagines (Insecta, Diptera, Brachycera, Asiloidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (319). hdl:2246/5949.
• McAlpine, J. F.; Petersen, B. V.; Shewell, G. E.; Teskey, H. J.; Vockeroth, J. R.; Wood, D. M., eds. (1981). Manual of Nearctic Diptera, Volume I. Agriculture Canada, Research Branch. ISBN 978-0-660-10731-8.
• Geller-Grimm, Fritz (2004). "A world catalogue of the genera of the family Asilidae (Diptera)". Studia Dipterologica. 10.

External links

• Media related to Atomosia at Wikimedia Commons