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Psilonyx sp.

Psilonyx sp.


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

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Description


Psilonyx is a genus of robber flies (insects in the family Asilidae). There are about 14 described species in Psilonyx.

Species: These 14 species belong to the genus Psilonyx:
  • Psilonyx annulatus (Say, 1823) i c g b
  • Psilonyx annuliventris Hsia, 1949 c g
  • Psilonyx arawak Farr, 1963 c g
  • Psilonyx dorsiniger Zhang & Yang, 2009 c g
  • Psilonyx flavican Shi, 1993 c g
  • Psilonyx flavicoxa Zhang & Yang, 2009 c g
  • Psilonyx hsiai Shi, 1993 c g
  • Psilonyx humeralis Hsia, 1949 c g
  • Psilonyx macropygialis (Williston, 1901) c g
  • Psilonyx magnicauda (Curran, 1934) c g
  • Psilonyx migricoxa Hsia, 1949 g
  • Psilonyx minimensis (Matsumura, 1916) c g
  • Psilonyx nigricoxa Hsia, 1949 c g
  • Psilonyx zephyrus Scarbrough & Page, 2005 c g

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

Source: Wikipedia, article Psilonyx sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Photography ID: 440705
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El Pinar
Canelones
Uruguay
12/02/2020
Mauricio Silvera



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
139343502/12/2020UruguayCanelonesEl PinarMauricio Silvera
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Psilonyx sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.