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Microstylum morosum, a large robber fly found from Mexico north to KansasAsilidae References from My Library

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  1. Adisoemarto, S., and D. M. Wood.   1975.  The Nearctic species of Dioctria and six related genera (Diptera, Asilidae).  Quaestiones entomologicae.  11: 505-576.  [AdisoemartoWoodNearcticDioctria6RelatedGenera1975.pdf]

  2. Alcock, J., 1974, Observations on the behavior of Mallophora fautrix Osten Sacken, Pan-Pac. Ent., 50(1):68-72

  3. Alcock, J., 1977, The courtship behavior of Heteropogon stonei (Diptera: Asilidae), J. Kans. Ent. Soc., 50(2):238-243
  4. Artigas, J.N., 1966, The genus Diogmites (Robber flies) in eastern United States, Ohio J. Sci., 66(4):401-421
  5. Artigas, J.N., and N. Papvero, 1988, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details. I. Key to subfamilies and subfamily Leptogastrinae Schiner, Gayana Zoologia, 52(1-2): 95-114 [ArtigasPapaveroAmericanGeneraAsilidaeKeysLeptogastrinae.pdf]
  6. Artigas, J.N., and N. Papavero, 1988, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  II.  Key to the genera of Dasypogoninae Macquart, with descriptions of new genera and species and new synonymies,Gayana, Zoologia, 52(3-4): 199-260  [ArtigasPapveroAmerican GeneraAsilidaeKeys Dasypogoninae.pdf]
  7. Artigas, J.N., and N. Papavero, 1989, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  III.  Key to the genera of Trigonomiminae Enderlein, with description of a new genus and species,  Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepcion, 60: 35-41[ArtigasPapaveroAmericanGeneraAsilidaeKeysTrigonomiminae.pdf]
  8. Artigas, J.N., and N. Papavero, 1990, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  V.  Subfamily Stichopogoninae  G. H. Hardy.  Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepcion, 61: 39-47[ArtigasPapaveroAmericanGeneraAsilidaeKeysStichopogoninae.pdf]
  9. Artigas, J.N., and N. Papavero, 1991, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  VII.1.  Subfamily Stenopogoninae Hull.  A preliminary classification into tribes,Gayana Zoologia, 55(2): 139-144  [ArtigasPapaveroAmericanGeneraAsilidaeKeysStenopogoninae.pdf]
  10. Artigas, J.N., and N. Papavero, 1991, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermatheca and other morphological details.  VII.2. Subfamily Stenopogoninae Hull -  Tribes Acronychini, Bathypogonini (with description of a new genus) and Ceraturgini, and a catalogue of the Neotropical species, Gayana Zoologia, 55(3):247-255 [ArtigasPapaveroAmericanGeneraAsilidaeKeysStenopogoninaeVII2.pdf]]
  11. Artigas, J. N., and N. Papavero, 1991, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female Spermathecae and other morphological details.  VII.3. Subfamily Stenopogoninae Hull - Tribes Dioctriini and Echthodopini, Gayana Zoologia, 55(4):261-266 [ArtigasPapaveroAmericanGeneraAsilidaeKeysStenopogoninaeVII3.pdf]
  12. Artigas, J.N., and N. Papavero, 1991, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  VII.4.  Subfamily Stenopogoninae Hull - Tribe Engimomorphini, with descriptions of three new genera and species and a catalogue of the neotropical species, Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepcion,  62:27-53 [ArtigasPapaveroAmericanGeneraAsilidaeKeysStenopogoninaeVII4.pdf]
  13. Artigas, J.N., and N. Papavero, 1993, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  VII.6.  Subfamily Stenopogoninae Hull - Tribes Phellini, Plesiommatini, Stenopogonini and Willistoninini, Gayana Zoologia, 57(2):309-321 [ArtigasPapaveroAmericanGeneraAsilidaeKeysStenopogoninaeVII6.pdf]
  14. Artigas, J.N., and N. Papavero, 1991, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  VII.7.  Subfamily Stenopogoninae Hull - Tribe Cyrtopogonini, with descriptions of four new genera and one new species and a catalogue of the neoropical species, Boletin de la Sociedad de Biologia de Concepcion, 62:55-81
  15. Artigas, J. N., and N. Papavero, 1997, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  IX.1.  Subfamily Asilinae Leach (including Apocleinae Lehr) Key to Generic group, Arquivos de Zoologia, 34(1-4): 56-63
  16. Artigas, J.N. and N. Papavero, 1997, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  IX.2.  Subfamily Asilinae Leach - Efferia - group, with the proposal of five new genera and a catalogue of neotropical species, Arquivos de Zoologia, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, 34(3):65-95.  [ArtigasPapaveroAmericanGeneraAsilidaeKeysEfferia.pdf]
  17. Artigas, J. N., and N. Papavero, 1997, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  IX.3.  Subfamily Asilinae Leach Mallophora - group, with a catalogue of the Neotropical species, Arquivos de Zoologia, 34(1-4): 97-120

  18. Artigas, J. N. and N. Papavero.  1995.  The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  IX.7. Subfamily Asilinae Leach, Proctacanthus-Group, with the proposal of a new genus and a catalogue of the Neotropical species.  Gayana Zoologia.  59(2): 145-160.  [ArtigasPapaveroAmericanGeneraAsilidaeKeysAsilinaeProctacanthusGroupIX7.pdf]

  19. Artigas, J. N., N. Papavero, and N.C.A. de Costa, 1997, The American genera of Asilidae (Diptera): Keys for identification with an atlas of female spermathecae and other morphological details.  VIII.  Subfamily Lapystiinae G. H. Hardy, with descriptions of five new genera and species and a catalogue of the Neotropical species, Arquivos de Zoologia, 34(1-4): 1-55
  20. Artigas, J.N., P. D. Lewis, and L. E. Parra, 2005, Review and phylogeny of the genus Tillobroma Hull with the description of ten new species and its relation with the genus Hypenetes Loew (Diptera, Asilidae, Stenopogoninae),  Revista Chilena Historia Natural,  78:519-588 [ArtigasetalTillobromaReviewPhylgoeny.pdf]
  21. Back, E.A., 1904, New species of North American Asilidae, Can. Ent., 36:289-293
  22. Back, E.A., 1909, The robber-flies of America, north of Mexico, belonging to the subfamilies Leptogastrinae and Dasypogoninae, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., XXXV:137-400 + Plates II-XII
  23. Baker, N.T., & R.L. Fischer, 1975, A taxonomic and ecologic study of the Asilidae of Michigan, Great Lakes Ent., 8(1):31-91
  24. Banks, N., 1911, Four new species of Asilidae, Can. Ent., 43:128-130
  25. Banks, N., 1914, Notes on Asilidae, with two new species, Psyche, 21:131-133
  26. Banks, N., 1917, Notes on some new species of the genus Dioctria (Asilidae), Psyche, 24: 117-119 [Dioctria brevis n. sp.; D. longicornis n. sp.; D. longicornis var. tibialis n. var.; D. media n. sp.; D. pleuralis n. sp.; D. flavipes n. sp.; D. sackeni WIlliston]
  27. Banks, N., 1920, Descriptions of a few new Diptera, Can. Ent., 52:65-67
  28. Barnes, J.K., 2006, The identity and distribution of Efferia plena (Hine) and E. nemoralis (Hine) (Diptera: Asilidae), Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 109(1): 208-222
  29. Barnes, J. K.  2009.  The genus Atomosia Macquart (Dipera: Asilidae) in North America north of America.  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.  110(3): 701-732.
  30. Barnes, J.K., N. Lavers, and H. Raney, 2007, Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of Arkansas, U.S.A.: notes and a checklist,  Entomological News, 118(3): 241-258.
  31. Beckemeyer, R.J.,  2001.  A literature-based checklist of Kansas robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae).  Prairie Naturalist.  33(2):65-91.  
  32. Beckemeyer, R.J. & R.E. Charlton,  2000.  Distribution of Microstylum morosum and M. galactodes (Diptera: Asilidae): significant range extensions.  Ent. News.  111(2):84-96. 
  33. Bell, E. L.  1924.  Notes on Asilius sericeus (Diptera, Asilidae).  Journal of the New York Entomological Society.  32(4): 219.
  34. Bouseman, J.K., & C.T. Maier, 1977, The robber fly Proctacanthus hinei Broml;ey (Diptera: Asilidae) in Illinois, with records of bumblebees as prey (Hymenoptera: Apoidea), J. Kans. Ent. Soc., 50(3):357-358
  35. Bromley, S.W., 1914, Asilids and their prey, Psyche, 21:192-198
  36. Bromley, S.W., 1923, Observations on the feeding habits of robber flies. Part I. Proctacanthus rufus Will. and P. brevipennis Wied., Psyche, 30(2):41-4
  37. Bromley, S.W., 1924, New robber flies (Asilidae, Diptera), Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, 5:125-127.  [Dioctria propinqua n. sp.; D. seminole n. sp.; Cyrtopogon tenuis n. sp.; Laphria altitudinum n. sp.]
  38. Bromley, S.W., 1925, The Bremus resembling Mallophorae of the southeastern United States (Diptera, Asilidae), Psyche, 32:190-194
  39. Bromley, S.W., 1928, Notes on the genus Proctacanthus with the descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Asilidae), Psyche, 35:12-15
  40. Bromley, S.W., 1928, New Neotropical Erax in The American Museum of Natural History (Diptera: Asilidae), American Museum Novitates, 334:1-6
  41. Bromley, S. W., 1929, New Asilidae from Mexico (Diptera), Psyche, 36:45-47 [BromleyNewAsilidaeMexicoPsyche1929.pdf]
  42. Bromley, S.W., 1931, New Asilidae, with a revised key to the genus Stenopogon Loew: (Diptera), Annal. Ent. Soc. Am., XXIV:427-435
  43. Bromley, S. W., 1931, A preliminary annotated list of the robber flies of Ohio (Diptera: Asilidae), Ohio State Museum Science Bulletin.  1(2):1-19.
  44. Bromley, S.W., 1933, Additions to the Ohio list of robber flies, Ohio Journal of Science, 33(3):204.  [BromleyOhioRobberFliesI.pdf]
  45. Bromley, S.W., 1933, Courting and mating performances of an asilide fly (Heteropogon lautus), Psyche, 40:144 [BromleyCiyrtunMatungHeteropogonLautus.pdf]
  46. Bromley, S.W., 1934, Additions to the Ohio list of Robber Flies.  II., Ohio Journal of Science, 34(3):163-164.  [BromleyOhioRobberfliesII.pdf]
  47. Bromley, S.W., 1934, The robber flies of Texas, Annal. Ent. Soc. Am., XXVII:74-110 + Plates I & II
  48. Bromley, S. W.  1934.  Two new Dasypogonine robber flies from the Southwest (Asilidae: Diptera).  Journal of the New York Entomological Society.  42(2): 225-226.  [Ospriocerus monki n. sp., Ceraturgus oklahomensis n. sp.]
  49. Bromley, S.W., 1935, Notes on Texas Robber Flies with the description of a new species of Proctacanthella (Asilidae: Diptera), Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., No. 304, Ann Arbor
  50. Bromley, S.W., 1936, Additions to the Ohio list of robber flies.  III., Ohio Journal of Science, 36(3):130-131.  [BromleyOhioRobberfliesIII.pdf]
  51. Bromley, S.W., 1936, Asilidae feeding on bumblebees in New England, Psyche, 43:14 [BromleyAsilidsFeedingOnBumblebeesNewENgland.pdf]

  52. Bromley, S. W.  1936.  The genus Diogmites in the United States of America with descriptions of new species (Diptera: Asilidae).  Journal of the New York Entomological Society.  44: 225-237.  [Bromley1936DiogmitesUSA.pdf

  53. Bromley, S.W., 1937, The genus Stenopogon Loew in the United States of America (Asilidae: Diptera), Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 45:291-309 [BromleyStenopogon1937.pdf]
  54. Bromley, S. W.  1937.  New and little-known Utah Diptera with notes on the taxonomy of the Diptera.  Proceedings of the Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters.  14: 99-109.  [Bromley1937NewUtahDiptera.pdf]
  55. Bromley, S. W.  1940.  New U. S. A. robber flies (Diptera; Asilidae).  Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society.  35: 13-21. [Bromley1940NewUSARobberFlies.pdf]
  56. Bromley, S.W., 1942,  Bee-killing asilids in New England, Psyche, 49:81-83. [Bromley1942BeeKillingAsilidsNewEngland.pdf]
  57. Bromley, S.W., 1946, Guide to the insects of Connecticut.  Part VI.  The Diptera or true flies of Connecticut.  Third Fascicle.  Asilidae.  State of Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey Bulletin 69.  viii + 51 pp, plates I & II + Frontspiece (photographs of 9 Asilidae species)
  58. Bromley, S.W., 1947, Ohio robber flies.  IV. (Diptera: Asilidae), Ohio Journal of Science, 47(2):67-68.  [BromleyOhioRobberFLiesIV.pdf]
  59. Bromley, S.W., 1950, Records and descriptions of Asilidae in the collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (Diptera), Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., No. 527, Ann Arbor
  60. Bromley, S.W., 1950, Additions to the Ohio list of Robber Flies V. (Diptera: Asilidae), Ohio J. Science, 50(5):229-234.  [BromleyOhioRobberFliesV.pdf]
  61. Bromley, S.W., 1951, Asilid notes (Diptera), with descriptions of thirty-two new species, Am. Mus. Novitat., No. 1532, 36 pp.
  62. Brown, C. J. D.  1928.  A morphological and systematical study of Utah Asilidae (Diptera).  Transactions of the American Entomological Society.  54(4): 295-320.
  63. Bullington, S.W.  1978.  Two new records for Dasylechia atrox (Williston) (Diptera: Asilidae), with a review of all previous records.  Entomol. News.  89:195-196.
  64. Bullington, S.W., & R.J. Lavigne, 1984, Review of the genus Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) in eastern United States with descriptions of five new species, Annal. Ent. Soc. Am., 77(4):372-392  [Ommatius tibialis Say (= O. marginellus (Fabricius)); O. gemma Brimley; O. floridensis n. sp.; O. wilcoxi n. sp.; O. ouchitensis n. sp.; O. oklahomensis n. sp.; O. texanus n. sp.]
  65. Bullington, S.W., & R.J. Lavigne, 1984, Description and habitat of Efferis kondratieff sp. nov. with notes on Efferia aestuans (L.) (Diptera: Asilidae), Annal. Ent. Soc. Am., 77(4):404-413 [with key to aestuans group: E. slossonae (Hine); E. beameri Wilcox; E. aurimystacea (Hine); E. belfragei (Hine); E. apicalis (Wied.); E. kansensis (Hine); E. tabescens (Banks); E. femorata (Macq.); E. kondratieffi n. sp.; E. aestuans (L.)]
  66. Buschbeck, E.K., 2000, Neurobiological constraints and fly systematics: how different types of neural characters can contribute to a higher level Dipteran phylogeny, Evolution, 54(3):88-898
  67. Buschbeck, E.K., and N.J. Strausfeld, 1996, Visual motion-detection circuits in flies: small-field retinotopic elements responding to motion are evolutionarily conserved across taxa, The Journal of Neuroscience, 16(`15):4563-4578
  68. Buschbeck, E.K., and N.J. Strausfeld, 1997, The relevance of neural architecture to visual performance: phylogenetic conservation and variation in Dipteran visual systems, The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 383:282-304
  69. Bybee, S. M., S. D. Taylor, C. R. Nelson, and M. F. Whiting, 2004, A phylogeny of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) at the subfamilial level: moleMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 30:789-797.  [BybeeetalRobberFlyPhylogeny.pdf]
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  71. Caliskan, H., 2003, New records of robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae) for the Turkish fauna, Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 5(1):21-34.  [CaliskanTurkishRobberFlies.pdf]
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  73. Candan S., Suludere Z., Kalender Y., Eryılmaz Ö., 2004. Ultrastructure of the chorion of Echthistus cognatus (Loew, 1849), (Diptera, Asilidae). Ohio J Sci., 104 (4): 93–96.   
  74. Cannings, R.A., 1989, The Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of a Festuca grassland in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, J. Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia, 86:14-26
  75. Cannings, R.A., 1993, New synonymy of Rhadiurgis variabilis (Zetterstedt) (Diptera: Asilidae) with notes on Morphology, natural history, and geographical variation, Can. Ent., 125:337-354
  76. Cannings, R.A., 1994, Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) new to Canada, British Columbia, Yukon and the Northwest Territroies with notes on distribution and habitat, J. Entomol. Soc. Brit. Columbia, 91:19-26
  77. Cannings, R.A., 1996, Taxonomy and distribution of Lasiopogon montanus Schiner and L. bellardii Jaennicke (Diptera: Asilidae), two common Robber Flies from the mountains of Western and Central Europe, Ent. scand. 27:347-359, Copenhagen, Denmark
  78. Cannings, R.A., 1997, Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of the Yukon, Pp. 637-662 in H.V. Danks and J.A. Downes (Eds.), Insects of the Yukon, Biological Survey of Canada )Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa, 1034 pp. [canningsRobberFliesYukon.pdf]
  79. Cannings, R.A., 2002, The systematics of Lasiopogon (Diptera: Asilidae), Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, Canada
  80. Castelo, M.K., & J. Carlos Corley, 2004, Oviposition behavior in the Robber Fly Mallophora ruficauda (Diptera: Asilidae), Ann. Entomol. Soc. America, 97(5):1050-1054 [CasteloCorley2004asilidoviposition.pdf]
  81. Cockerell, T.D.A., 1905, The Diptera of Kansas and New Mexico, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci., XIX:250-251 [CockerellDipteraKansasNewMexico.pdf]
  82. Cole, F.R.  1927.  A study of terminal abdominal structures of male Diptera (Two-winged flies).  Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci.  (4th Series).  41(14):397-499.
  83. Cole, F.R., 1928, Notes on the dipterous family Asilidae, with descriptions of new species, Pan-Pac. Ent., 1(1):7-13
  84. Cole, F.R., 1958, Prey of the robber flies of the genus Stenopogon (Diptera: Asilidae), Pan-Pac. Ent., 34(3):176-178
  85. Cole, F. R.  1968.  Carreraomyia, new name for Carreraia (Diptera: Asilidae).  Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society.  41(4): 543.
  86. Cole, F.R., 1969, Asilidae, pp. 184-217 in The Flies of western North America, Univ. Cal. Press, Berkeley
  87. Cole, F.R., & A.E. Pritchard, 1964, The genus Mallophora and related genera in North America (Diptera: Asilidae), Univ. Calif. Publ. Ent., 36(2):43-100 + 4 plates [Key to Mallophora-Promachus group genera: Promachus Loew; Promachina Bromley; Mallophora Macquart; Carreraia n. gen.; Promachella n. gen.; Mallophorina Curran.  Key to species of Mallophora: M. nigra Williston; M. belzebul Schiner; M. fulva Bank; M. orcina Wiedemann); M. bomboides (Wiedemann); M. fautrix Osten-Sacken; M. fautrix fautricoides Curran; M. fautrix bromleyi Curran.  Carreraia acapulquensis Cole & Pritchard n. sp.; Promachina trapezoidalis (Bellardi); Promachella pilosa (Wilcox).  Key to species of Mallophorina: M. laphroides (Wiedemann); M. minuta (Macquart); M. clausicella (Macquart); M. megachile (Coquillett); M. willistoni Cole, n. sp.; M. acra (Curran); M. pulchra Pritchard; M. lascrusensis Cole, n. sp.  M. martinorum Cole n. sp.; M. willistoni Cole, n. s;.; M. guildiana (Willistoni); M. durangoensis Cole n. sp.; M. prudens Pritchard; M. pallida Johnson; M. frustra brunnea Cole n. subsp.; frustra Prithcard; M. frustra flavida Cole, n. subsp.]
  88. Coquillett, D.W., 1893, Synopsis of the asilid genus Anisopogon, Can. Ent., 25:20-22 [Key to species: A. vespoides Bigot; A. ludius n. sp.; A. phoenicurus Loew; A. gibbus Loew; A. senilis Bigot; A. lautus Loew; A. rubidus n. sp.; A. patruelis n. sp.]
  89. Coquillett, D.W., 1893, Synopsis of the asilid genus Blacodes, Can. Ent., 25:33-34 [Key to Blacodes including B. bellus Loew from Texas; Blacodes cristatus n. sp. (Venture Co. CA); B. truncus n. sp. (LA Co., CA); B. clausus n. sp. (Orange CO., CA)] 
  90. Coquillett, D.W., 1893, Synopsis of the asilid genus Dioctria, Can. Ent., 25:80  
  91. Coquillett, D.W., 1893, Synopsis of the asilid genus Mallophora and Nicocles, Can. Ent., 25:118-120  [Key to the following Mallophora: M. nigra Will.; M. megachile n. sp.; M. clausicella Macq.; M. fautrix OstenSacken; M. guildiana Will.; M. orcina, Wied.; M. laphroides, Wied.; M. bomboides Wied.); Mallophora megachile n. sp. (LA Co., CA); Key to the following Niocles: N. rufus Will.  (he notes rufus may belong to Blacodes); N. abdominalis Will.; N. scitulus Will. (he notes that scitulus may belong  to Blacodes); N. pictus Loew; N. politus Say; N. dives Loew; N. argentatus n. sp.; N. amulator Loew); N. argentatus n. sp. (LA CO., San Berbnadino CO., CA)]
  92. Coquillett, D.W., 1893, A new asilid genus related to Erax, Can. Ent., 25:175-177 [Efferia n. sp.; Key to Efferia of North America: E. rava n. sp.; E. anomalis Bellardi; E. candida n. sp.; E. pernicis n. sp.  He notes the E. completus Macquart has not been identified.]
  93. Coquillett, D.W., 1910, The type species of the North American genera of Diptera, Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Vol. 37, No. 1719, 499-647.
  94. Cresson, E. T., Jr.  1920.  Description of a new species of the asilid genus Pogosoma (Diptera).  Ent. News.  31 (8): 211-215 [Pogosoma dorsata Say; Pogonosoma ridingsi n. sp.]
  95. Crevecoeur, F.F., 1906, Additions to the list of Kansas Diptera, Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci., XX:90-96
  96. Curran, C.H., 1922, New diptera in the Canadian National Collection, Can. Ent., 54:277-287 [Cyrtopogon willistoni n. sp. (British Columbia); Cyrtopgoon albitarsus n. sp. (Alberta); other non-Asilidae Diptera]
  97. Curran, C.H., 1923, Studies in Canadian Diptera. 1. Revision of the asilid genus Cyrtopogon and allied genera, Can. Ent., 55:92-95, 116-125, 132-142, 169-174, 185-190 [Key to separate Comantella n. gen.; Eucyrtopogon n. gen.; Cyrtopogon Loew; Comantella n. gen; Key to Comantella: C. cristata Cocq.; C. maculosa Cocq.; C. maculosa Cocquillett; Eucyrtopogon n. gen.; Key to Eucyrtopogon: E. comantis n. sp.; E. varipennis Cocq.; E. calcarata n. sp.; E. diversipilosis n. sp.; E. nebulo Osten Sacken; E. albibarbis n. sp.; E. spinigera n. sp; Redescription of Cyrtopogon Loew; Key to Cyrtopogon: C. praepes Will.; C. callipedillus Loew; C. willistoni Curr.; C. curtistylus n. sp.; C. bimaculata Walk.; C. dasylloides Will.; C. dasyllis Will.; C. lineotarsus n. sp.; C. leptotarsus n. sp.; C. aurifex Osten Sacken; C. albitarsis Curr.; C. inversus n. sp.; C. montanus Loew; C. lutatius Will.; C. nugator Osten Sacken; C. sansoni n. sp.; C. marginalis Loew; C. falto Walk.; C. predator n. sp.; C. profusus Osten Sacken; C. bimacula Walk.; C. varans n. sp.; C. leucozona Loew; C. inversus n. sp.; C. plansor Osten Sacken; C. sansoni n. sp.]
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