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Arkansas Robber Fly Maps |
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This is a list of links to the current known ranges of the Asilids in Arkansas. These maps will be constantly updated as information is improved. Presently this serves as a baseline for further addition. The black circles represent specimens present in the University of Arkansas collection in Fayetteville as of March 08 which are maintained currently by Doctor Jeff Barnes. Red records are mine and green records are from Norm Lavers. The vast majority of these are also represented by specimens we have now turned over to Dr. Barnes. Records with central black circles are represented by specimens in UA. Dark blue records are from Scarbroughs 1960's survey of northeast Arkansas. Some of these have been overwritten by Norm Lavers. These specimens were split between Scarbrough's personal collection and the residual collection at ASU. In 2005 Scarbrough donated many of these to the University museum and they are now a part of the permanent collection. The rare pink with red centered records were collected by Giff Beaton and Mike Thomas in 2006 in the SW part of the state mostly. Some of the more common and easily identified robber flies have some sight records included on the maps. As more Asilids become known by their visual markings, then more sight records will be possible. Some records (such as Bob Barber's Albibarbefferia albibarbis) are from photographic records. This is also a possible method for adding records in some other groups with very good photos. Most Diogmites, all the Ommatius and the smaller species in various other genera, as well as the difficult Leptogaster genus, will, unfortunately, always require specimens. Arkansas had been poorly studied for Asilids. This is true of most of the states except possibly Texas or California which has absorbed a conglomeration of the Asilid scientists. Possibly because they have 500 species of Asilidae in that state. We now have specimens of about 108 of the likely 150 species or so in Arkansas. Anyone in Arkansas who is working on these should contact Dr. Barnes for centralization of information. I will be happy to look at photos of any eastern species, especially species in Arkansas. Not that I can yet identify them all, but I would be happy to look at them. The map links are listed in alphabetical order for easy access and are not in taxonomic order. None of the robber flies presently have official common names. (For the taxonomic order see my AR Asilid list.) Maps without a link are documented by specimens but I don't yet have the specimen county locations. Numerals are the months of collection (1-12) from the extensive Robber Flies of Georgia survey from P. W. Fattig published in 1945. Blue numbers are months added in Arkansas outside the Georgia dates. Red numbers are Texas dates which are included for some species without reported Georgia dates and to extend the documented flight months. Bracketed dates are early and late times out of the Texas survey from S. W. Bromley in 1934 where they were reported. Early extreme dates in Texas are likely earlier by at least two weeks than the same species emergences in Arkansas. |
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Albibarbefferia albibarbis 5-8 Andrenosoma fulvicaudum 4,7,8 Apachekolos tenuipes 7 Asilus sericeus 5,6 Atomosia glabrata 5,7 melanopogon 5-8 [Jun 16, Aug 18] puella 5-8,9 [May 9, Sept 11] rufipes 6,7,8 sayii 4,5-7,8,9 [Jun 4, Sept 13] Beameromyia vulgaris Ceraturgus cornutus cruciatus 5 Cerotainia albipilosa 6-9 macrocera 4,6,7,8 Cyrtopogon lutatius 4,5 Dicropaltum rubicundus 6,7 Diogmites angustipennis 6,7-10 [Jun 11, Oct 14] basalis 8,9 discolor 7,9 misellus 6-9 missouriensis 6-8 neoternatus 6-8 platypterus 6,7,8,9,10 properans 6-9 texanus 8 Echthodopa formosa 4,6 pubera 5 Eudioctria tibialis 5 Heteropogon macerinus 8,9 Holcocephala calva 7,8 fusca 6-9 Holopogon phaenotus 5,6 Lampria bicolor 6-8 [May 23, Jul 4] rubriventris 5,6,7 Laphria affinus 9,10,11,12 aktis 5 cinerea 4,5 divisor 5,6 flavicollis 3,4,5,6 [Mar 22, May 15] grossa 6,7 index 4-6 ithypyga 6 lata 6,7 macquarti 3-5,6 [Mar 25, May 15] saffrana 3-8 sericea 5,6,8 sicula 5,6,7 thoracica 5,6,7 vorax 5,6,7 Laphystia bromleyi 7,8 Leptogaster atridorsalis 5,6,8
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brevicornis 6,7 flavipes 6 murina 6 virgata 6,7,8 Machimus antimachus 5,6,7 erythocnemius 6,7 maneei 10 paropus 10,11 prairiensis 7,9,10 sadyates 5,8,9 snowii 6,7, 8-10 virginicus 5,6 Mallophora orcina 6-9 [Jun 24, Aug 9] Megaphorus acrus 7,8 Microstylum morosum 7 [Jun 28, Aug 26] Neoitamus flavofemoratus 5,6,8 orphne 4,5,6 Neomochtherus auricomus 8-10 Nerax aestuans 5-9 [May 2, Oct 10] apicalis 6-8 kansensis 5,6-8,9 Nicocles pictus 2,3,10 Ommatius gemma 6,7 ouachitensis 6,7 tibialis 6,7,8 Orthogonis stygia 6,7 Philonicus rufipennis 6-8 Pogonosoma dorsatum 5-7 Pogoniefferia nemoralis 5,6,7,8 plena 5-7 pogonias 8-11 [Aug 31, Nov 1] prairiensis 6,7 [June 8] texana 5,6,7,9 [Jul 18, Sept 12] Proctacanthella cacopiliga 7,9 [May 24, Oct 28] Proctacanthus brevipennis 3-6 [April 28] duryi 6-8 hinei 6,8 longus 6,7,9 [Jun 5] milbertii 8,9,10,11 rufus 5-7,8 Prolepsis tristus 6-9,10 [Jun 26, Oct 28] Promachus bastardii 4,5-7,8,11 fitchii 6-8 hinei 6,7-10 [Jun 4, Aug 28] Psilocurus birdi 5,6-9 [May 30, Jul 4] nudiusculus 8,9 [May 18, Aug 22] Psilonyx annulatus 5,6,7,8 Stichopogon abdominalis 9,10 colei 5,7,8,9,10 trifasciatus 5,6-9,10,11 [May 5, Nov 4] Taracticus octopunctatus 6,7 Tipulogaster glabrata 5,6 Triorla interrupta 5,6-9 [May 1, Oct 19] Zabrops flavipilis 7
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