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Holcocephala sp.

Holcocephala sp.


Family: Asilidae
Order: Diptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Holcocephala is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 40 described species in Holcocephala.

Species: These 40 species belong to the genus Holcocephala:
  • Holcocephala abdominalis (Say, 1823) i c g b
  • Holcocephala affinis Bellardi, 1861 c g
  • Holcocephala agalla Walker, 1849 c g
  • Holcocephala analis (Macquart, 1846) c
  • Holcocephala bechyneorum Ayala, 1982 c g
  • Holcocephala calva (Loew, 1872) i c g b
  • Holcocephala coriacea (Wiedemann, 1821) c g
  • Holcocephala curvicosta Carrera, 1958 c g
  • Holcocephala deltoidea (Bellardi, 1861) c g
  • Holcocephala dimidiata Hermann, 1924 c g
  • Holcocephala divisa (Walker, 1860) c
  • Holcocephala fernandezi Ayala, 1982 c g
  • Holcocephala fimbriata Hermann, 1924 c g
  • Holcocephala fusca Bromley, 1951 i c g b
  • Holcocephala indigena Scarbrough & Perez-Gelabert, 2006 c g
  • Holcocephala inornata (Rondani, 1848) c g
  • Holcocephala luteipes Hermann, 1924 c g
  • Holcocephala macula (Rondani, 1848) c g
  • Holcocephala matteii Ayala, 1982 c g
  • Holcocephala minuta (Bellardi, 1861) c g
  • Holcocephala mogiana Carrera, 1955 c g
  • Holcocephala monticola Ayala, 1982 c g
  • Holcocephala nigrita (Fabricius, 1805) c g
  • Holcocephala nitida (Wiedemann, 1830) c
  • Holcocephala nodosipes (Enderlein, 1914) c g
  • Holcocephala obscuripennis Enderlein, 1914 c g
  • Holcocephala oculata (Fabricius, 1805) c g
  • Holcocephala pardalina Hermann, 1924 c g
  • Holcocephala pectinata Carrera, 1955 c g
  • Holcocephala pennipes Hermann, 1924 c g
  • Holcocephala peruviana Hermann, 1924 c g
  • Holcocephala rufithorax (Wiedemann, 1828) c g
  • Holcocephala scopifer (Schiner, 1868) c
  • Holcocephala spinipes Hermann, 1924 c g
  • Holcocephala stylata Pritchard, 1938 c g
  • Holcocephala tijucana (Carrera, 1958) c g
  • Holcocephala uruguayensis Lynch Arribalzaga, 1882 c g
  • Holcocephala vallestris Ayala, 1982 c g
  • Holcocephala vicina (Macquart, 1838) c
  • Holcocephala vittata (Walker, 1836) c g

Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Source: Wikipedia, article Holcocephala sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Species photographs

Count: 6

Foto
Photography ID: 567183
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
03/20/2015
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 379272
  Adult

Campo Ramón
Misiones
Argentina
12/03/2018
Claudio Mendez
Foto
Photography ID: 242924
  Adult

Embu
São Paulo
Brazil
12/25/2017
Lucas Rubio
Foto
Photography ID: 242923
  Adult

Embu
São Paulo
Brazil
12/25/2017
Lucas Rubio
Foto
Photography ID: 242770
  Adult

Cotia
São Paulo
Brazil
12/31/2017
Lucas Rubio
Foto
Photography ID: 242768
  Adult

Cotia
São Paulo
Brazil
12/31/2017
Lucas Rubio


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Species records

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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
118387503/12/2018ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo RamónClaudio Mendez
68288031/12/2017BrazilSão PauloCotiaLucas Rubio
82375425/12/2017BrazilSão PauloEmbuLucas Rubio
195768020/03/2015ArgentinaMisionesChacra Mariposa, Campo RamónLuis Cesar Tejo
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Holcocephala sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.