Psellidotus
Keith Bayless
- Psellidotus abditis
- Psellidotus annamariae
- Psellidotus atrifascies
- Psellidotus atriventris
- Psellidotus auripes
- Psellidotus aztecanus
- Psellidotus bonariensis
- Psellidotus caloceps
- Psellidotus comma
- Psellidotus concinnatus
- Psellidotus connexus
- Psellidotus dasyops
- Psellidotus defectus
- Psellidotus elegans
- Psellidotus fascifrons
- Psellidotus fenestratus
- Psellidotus flavicornis
- Psellidotus formosus
- Psellidotus fulvicornis
- Psellidotus gagatigaster
- Psellidotus goniophorus
- Psellidotus hieroglyphicus
- Psellidotus hypomelas
- Psellidotus inermis
- Psellidotus inflatus
- Psellidotus lucens
- Psellidotus macalpini
- Psellidotus maculifrons
- Psellidotus meganticus
- Psellidotus micheneri
- Psellidotus nasiferus
- Psellidotus novellus
- Psellidotus obscurus
- Psellidotus occipitalis
- Psellidotus panamaensis
- Psellidotus pictifrons
- Psellidotus pictus
- Psellidotus protrudens
- Psellidotus robustus
- Psellidotus rubricornis
- Psellidotus rufipennis
- Psellidotus similis
- Psellidotus snowi
- Psellidotus stonei
- Psellidotus texasianus
- Psellidotus viridis
Introduction
There are 25 species of Psellidotus native to the Neotropical region, 18 to the Nearctic, and 3 are shared between the two regions. The species were previously erroneously placed in the genus Labostigmina until it was synonymized with Psellidotus (Woodley 2001).
Characteristics
Psellidotus is distinguished from other Nearctic Stratiomyini by the spined scutellum with the spines approximated, the antenna with five flagellomeres without forming a stylus, the antenna flagellum cylindrical, the face produced or tuberculate, and the head not wider than the thorax (James 1981).
References
James, M.T. 1981. 36. Stratiomyidae. Manual Nearct. Dipt. 1: 497-511.
Woodley, N. E. 2001. A World Catalog of the Stratiomyidae (Insecta: Diptera). Myia 11: 1-473. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
Information on the Internet
- Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Psellidotus flavicornis.
- Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Psellidotus hieroglyphicus.
- Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Psellidotus occipitalis.
- Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Psellidotus protrudens.
- Harvard MCZ Type Images. Images of Psellidotus similis.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Psellidotus auripes |
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| Location | Mexico: Acapulco Gro. |
| Specimen Condition | Dead Specimen |
| Identified By | James |
| Life Cycle Stage | Adult |
| Collection | California Academy of Sciences |
| Type | Holotype |
| Source | Psellidotus auripes |
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Keith Bayless
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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