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Cophura

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Cophura is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 species described in the genus Cophura.

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It is catalogued under topics including Asilidae and Asilidae genera.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderDiptera
  5. FamilyAsilidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
60
With media
24
Family
Asilidae
Collections
INDRE-SSA, TTU, USNM, SDNHM, MNA, NMSU
Recorded in
Mexico, United States

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Cophura
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Category:Cophura
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Further reading

Cophura is a genus of robber flies in the family Asilidae. There are at least 50 species described in the genus Cophura.

==Species== These 54 species belong to the genus Cophura: Cophura acapulcae Pritchard, 1943 c g Cophura ameles Pritchard, 1943 i c g Cophura apotma Pritchard, 1943 c g Cophura arizonensis (Schaeffer, 1916) i c g b Cophura atypha Pritchard, 1943 c g Cophura bella (Loew, 1872) i c g b Cophura brevicornis (Williston, 1883) c g b Cophura caca Pritchard, 1943 i c g Cophura calla Pritchard, 1943 c g Cophura clausa (Coquillett, 1893) i c g Cophura cora Pritchard, 1943 c g Cophura dammersi Wilcox, 1965 i g Cophura daphne Pritchard, 1943 i c g Cophura dora Pritchard, 1943 i c g Cophura feigei Kaletta, 1983 c g Cophura fergusoni Wilcox, 1965 i c g Cophura fisheri Wilcox, 1965 i c g Cophura flavus Wilcox, 1965 c g Cophura fur (Williston, 1885) i c g Cophura getzendaneri Wilcox, 1959 i c g Cophura hennei Wilcox and Martin, 1945 i c g Cophura hesperia (Pritchard, 1935) i c g Cophura humilis (Bellardi, 1861) c Cophura hurdi Hull, 1960 i c g Cophura igualae Pritchard, 1943 c g Cophura luteus Wilcox, 1965 c g Cophura lutzi Curran, 1931 c g Cophura luzti (Curran, 1931) i g Cophura melanochaeta Williston, 1924 c g Cophura nephressa Pritchard, 1943 c g Cophura painteri Pritchard, 1943 i c g b Cophura picta Carrera, 1955 c g Cophura pollinosa Curran, 1930 i c g b Cophura powersi Wilcox, 1965 i c g Cophura pulchella Williston, 1901 i c g Cophura rozeni Wilcox, 1965 i c g Cophura rubidus Wilcox, 1965 c g Cophura scitula Williston i c g Cophura sculleni Wilcox, 1937 i c g Cophura sodalis Osten Sacken, 1887 i c g Cophura stylosa Curran, 1931 i c g Cophura sundra Pritchard, 1943 c g Cophura tanbarki Wilcox, 1965 i c g Cophura texana Bromley, 1934 i c g Cophura timberlakei Wilcox, 1965 i c g Cophura tolandi Wilcox, 1959 i c g b Cophura trunca (Coquillett, 1893) i c g Cophura vanduzeei Wilcox, 1965 i c g Cophura vandykei Wilcox, 1965 i c g b Cophura vera (Pritchard, 1935) i c g Cophura vitripennis (Curran, 1927) i c g Cophura wilcoxi Kaletta, 1983 c g Cophura willistoni Pritchard, 1943 c g Cophura zandra Pritchard, 1943 c g

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