Taracticus
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| Taracticus | |
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| Taracticus octopunctatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Diptera |
| Family: | Asilidae |
| Subfamily: | Dasypogoninae |
| Genus: | Taracticus Loew, 1872 |
Taracticus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 16 described species in Taracticus.[1][2][3][4]
These 16 species belong to the genus Taracticus:
- Taracticus aciculatus Pritchard, 1938
- Taracticus argentifacies James, 1953
- Taracticus dimidiatus (Macquart, 1847)
- Taracticus geniculatus (Bigot, 1878)
- Taracticus guerrerensis Pritchard, 1938
- Taracticus nigrimystaceus Williston, 1901
- Taracticus nigripes Williston, 1901
- Taracticus octopunctatus (Say, 1823)
- Taracticus paulus Pritchard, 1938
- Taracticus ruficaudus Curran, 1930
- Taracticus rufipennis (Macquart, 1847)
- Taracticus similis Williston, 1901
- Taracticus vitripennis (Bellardi, 1861)
- † Psilocephala hypogaea (Cockerell, 1909)
- † Taracticus contusus Cockerell, 1910
- † Taracticus renovatus Cockerell, 1911
