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Proctacanthus
Sign in to saveProctacanthus is a genus of robber flies (insects in the family Asilidae). There are about 18 described species in Proctacanthus. thumb|Proctacanthus fulviventrisFile:Robber Fly (Proctacanthus sp.) and victim.jpg|thumb|246x246px|Proctacanthus sp. and victim (Hetaerina sp.).
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 703
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Asilidae
- Collections
- MNA, INDRE-SSA, USNM, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, CHAS
- Recorded in
- United States, Mexico, Dominican Republic
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Proctacanthus is a genus of robber flies (insects in the family Asilidae). There are about 18 described species in Proctacanthus. thumb|Proctacanthus fulviventrisFile:Robber Fly (Proctacanthus sp.) and victim.jpg|thumb|246x246px|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
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