Proctacanthus

Proctacanthus
Proctacanthus fulviventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Diptera
Family:	Asilidae
Subfamily:	Asilinae
Genus:	Proctacanthus Macquart, 1838

Proctacanthus is a genus of robber flies (insects in the family Asilidae). There are about 18 described species in Proctacanthus.

Proctacanthus fulviventris

Proctacanthus sp. and victim (Hetaerina sp.).

Species

• Proctacanthus brevipennis (Wiedemann, 1828)
• Proctacanthus coquillettii Hine, 1911
• Proctacanthus distinctus (Wiedemann, 1828)
• Proctacanthus duryi Hine, 1911
• Proctacanthus fulviventris Macquart, 1850
• Proctacanthus gracilis Bromley, 1928
• Proctacanthus heros (Wiedemann, 1828)
• Proctacanthus hinei Bromley, 1928
• Proctacanthus longus (Wiedemann, 1821)
• Proctacanthus micans Schiner, 1867
• Proctacanthus milbertii Macquart, 1838 (Milbert's proctacanthus)
• Proctacanthus nearno Martin, 1962
• Proctacanthus nigriventris Macquart, 1838
• Proctacanthus nigrofemoratus Hine, 1911
• Proctacanthus occidentalis (Hine, 1911)
• Proctacanthus philadelphicus Macquart, 1838
• Proctacanthus rodecki James, 1933
• Proctacanthus rufus Williston, 1885

Further reading

• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

External links

• Diptera.info