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Psilocurus

Description

Psilocurus is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are about 14 described species in Psilocurus.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)1660144https://www.gbif.org/species/1660144
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)322261https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=322261
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Insecta : Diptera : Asilidae : Psilocurus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Ecdysozoa
-Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumMandibulata
-Pancrustacea
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
-CercofilataKukalová-Peck 1987
classInsectaLinnaeus 1758
-Dicondylia
-ParanotaliaSroka et al. 2014
subclassPterygotaBrauer 1885
-NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
-Holometabola
-Aparaglossata
-Mecopterida
superorderAntliophora
orderDipteraLinnaeus 1758
-NeodipteraMichelsen 1994
suborderBrachyceraZetterstedt 1842
-Heterodactyla
superfamilyAsiloideaLatreille 1802
familyAsilidaeLatreille 1802
genusPsilocurusLoew 1874
Scientific NamePsilocurus Loew, 1874
Name Published InBerlin. Ent. Z., 18
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Psilocurusgenusbelongs to Asilidaestated with evidenceAldrich, 1905
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (50%)
First Recorded Appearance28.1 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Insecta)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Arthropoda)
Taphonomychitin (based on Insecta)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Hauser and E. M. Fisher. 2007. The identity of the fossil Psilocephala tarsalis (Statz, 1940) (Diptera: Asiloidea). Zootaxa 1465:65-68
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocurus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Paraclia tarsalis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus birdi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus blascoi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus camposi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus caudatus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus hypopygialis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus modestus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus negrus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus nudiusculus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus pallustris
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus puellus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus pygmaeus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus reinhardi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Psilocurus tarsalis
species
listed (PBDB)128.1 Ma
Oligocene
28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Psilocurus tibialis
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1874Psilocurus Loew
1905Psilocurus Aldrich p. 257
2007Psilocurus Hauser and Fisher

References

Hauser M., Fisher E. M. (2007) The identity of the fossil Psilocephala tarsalis (Statz, 1940) (Diptera: Asiloidea), Zootaxa 1465, 65-68
Aldrich J. M. (1905) A catalogue of North American Diptera (or two-winged flies), Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 46 2, 1-680
Berlin. Ent. Z., 18 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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