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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Alberta (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
539
5986
17101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
536
5979
17095
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
511
5857
16788
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
362
5005
14908
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
105
1157
3387
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
79
835
2522
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
13
156
403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
7
85
200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
49
128
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Alberta
49 Genera with 128 Species
#ABCDEHLMNOPRST
Ablautus Loew, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Atomosia Macquart, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Atractia Macquart, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Beameromyia Martin, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Blepharotes Westwood, 18301SpeciesTaxom
Carinefferia Artigas & Pa..., 19162SpeciesTaxom
Choerades Walker, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Comantella Curran, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 192317SpeciesTaxom
Daulopogon Loew, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Dicropaltum Martin, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Eucyrtopogon Curran, 19237SpeciesTaxom
Eutolmus Loew, 18482SpeciesTaxom
Heteropogon Loew, 1934Tanglehead1SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1823Gnat Ogres1SpeciesTaxom
Holopogon Loew, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1883Bee-like robber flies16SpeciesTaxom
Lasiopogon Loew, 192312SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Lestomyia Williston, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19187SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Negasilus Curran, 19674SpeciesTaxom
Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 1878
0SpeciesTaxom
Nevadasilus Artigas & Pa..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Nicocles Jaennicke, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Ospriocerus Loew, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Pcynopogon1SpeciesTaxom
Pogonioefferia Artigas & Pa..., 19513SpeciesTaxom
Pogonosoma Rondani, 19672SpeciesTaxom
Proctacanthella Bromley, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1823Giant Robber Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Regasilus Curran, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Rhadiurgus Loew, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Scleropogon Loew, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 19314SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Stilpnogaster Loew, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Tipulogaster Cockerell, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Triorla Parks, 20021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alberta
128 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ablautus californicus Wilcox, 1935Harper's dodder
Ablautus coquilletti Wilcox, 1935Harper's dodder
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Andrenosoma fulvicaudum Say, 1823
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Archilestes californicus McLachlan, 1895California Spreadwing
Archilestes grandis Rambur, 1942Great Spreadwing
Atomosia puella Wiedemann, 1828
Atractia clausicella Carrera, 1960
Beameromyia vulgaris Martin, 1957MacBride cleomella
Blepharotes splendidissimus Wiedemann, 1830
Carinefferia costalis Williston, 1885
Carinefferia subcuprea Schaeffer, 1916
Comantella fallei Back, 1909
Comantella rotgeri James, 1937
Cyrtopogon albifrons Wilcox & Martin, 1936Tall dodder
Cyrtopogon albovarians Curran, 1924
Cyrtopogon auratus Cole, 1919
Cyrtopogon aurifex Osten-sacken, 1877
Cyrtopogon bimaculus Walker, 1851
Cyrtopogon culminus Bigot, 1885
Cyrtopogon dasyllis Williston, 1893
Cyrtopogon distinctitarsus Adisoemarto, 1967
Cyrtopogon falto Walker, 1849
Cyrtopogon glarealis Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Cyrtopogon inversus Curran, 1923
Cyrtopogon lineotarsus Curran, 1923
Cyrtopogon montanus (Loew, 1874)⇒ Cyrtopogon culminus Bigot, 1885
Cyrtopogon sansoni Curran, 1923
Cyrtopogon sudator Osten-sacken, 1877
Cyrtopogon vulneratus Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Cyrtopogon willistoni Curran, 1923
Dicropaltum cumbipilosus Adisoemarto, 1967
Dicropaltum mesae Tucker, 1907
Dioctria (Dioctria) hyalipennis (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Leptarthrus vitripennis Meigen, 1820
Dioctria pusio Osten-sacken, 1877
Efferia arida Williston, 1893
Efferia bicaudata Hine, 1919
Efferia costalis Williston, 1885
Efferia frewingi Wilcox, 1966Smartweed dodder
Eucyrtopogon albibarbus Curran, 1923
Eucyrtopogon calcaratus Curran, 1923
Eucyrtopogon comantis Curran, 1923
Eucyrtopogon diversipilosis Curran, 1923
Eucyrtopogon incompletus Adisoemarto, 1967
Eucyrtopogon nebulo Osten-sacken, 1877
Eucyrtopogon spiniger Curran, 1923
Eutolmus haematoscelis hyalopterus Loew, 1871
Eutolmus polypogon Loew, 1848
Heteropogon wilcoxi James, 1934
Holcocephala abdominalis Say, 1823
Holopogon albipilosus Curran, 1923
Holopogon nigripilosa (Adisoemarto, 1967)⇒ Holopogon albipilosus Curran, 1923
Holopogon seniculus Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Holopogon stellatus Martin, 1959Mojave cleomella
Lamyra ignea Meigen, 1820
Laphria aeatus Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Laphria aimatis Mcatee, 1919Purple bittercress
Laphria asturina Bromley, 1951
Laphria columbica Walker, 1866Mahogany milkweed
Laphria felis Osten-sacken, 1877Black hawthorn
Laphria fernaldi Back, 1904
Laphria gilva (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Lamyra ignea Meigen, 1820
Laphria insignis Banks, 1917
Laphria janus Mcatee, 1919Purple bittercress
Laphria partitor Banks, 1917
Laphria posticata Say, 1824
Laphria sadales Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Laphria saffrana Fabricius, 1805
Laphria scorpio Mcatee, 1919Purple bittercress
Laphria thoracica Fabricius, 1805Bumble Bee Mimic Robber Fly
Laphria vivax Williston, 1883
Lasiopogon aldrichii Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Lasiopogon canus Cole & Wilcox, 1938
Lasiopogon cinereus Cole, 1919
Lasiopogon hinei Cole & Wilcox, 1938
Lasiopogon monticolus Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Lasiopogon primus Adisoemarto, 1967
Lasiopogon quadrivittatus Jones, 1907Hooker's silene
Lasiopogon ripicola (Melander, 1923)⇒ Lasiopogon ripicolus Melander, 1923
Lasiopogon ripicolus Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Lasiopogon terricola Johnson, 1900
Lasiopogon terricolus Johnson, 1900
Lasiopogon trivittatus Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Leptogaster arida Cole, 1919
Leptogaster coloradensis James, 1937
Leptogaster incisuralis Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Lestomyia sabulona Osten-sacken, 1877
Machimus adustus Martin, 1975
Machimus aridalis Adisoemarto, 1967
Machimus callidus Williston, 1893
Machimus delusus Tucker, 1907
Machimus erythocnemius Hine, 1909
Machimus erythrocnemius Hine, 0
Machimus formosus Hine, 1918
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Negasilus aridalis Adisoemarto, 1967
Negasilus belli Curran, 1934
Negasilus cumbipilosus Adisoemarto, 1967
Negasilus gramalis Adisoemarto, 1967
Nevadasilus auriannulatus
Nicocles utahensis Banks, 1920
Ommatius chrysopilus Oldroyd, 1972
Ospriocerus latipennis Loew, 1866
Pcynopogon divisus
Pogonioefferia bicaudata Hine, 1919
Pogonioefferia frewingi Wilcox, 1966
Pogonioefferia helenae Bromley, 1951
Pogonosoma ridingsi Cresson, 1920
Pogonosoma stricklandi (Adisoemart, 1967)⇒ Pogonosoma ridingsi Cresson, 1920
Proctacanthella cacopiloga Hine, 1909
Promachus dimidiatus Curran, 1927
Promachus vertebratus Say, 1823
Regasilus auriannulatus Hine, 1906
Rhadiurgus variabilis Zetterstedt, 1838Northern robberfly
Scleropogon coyote Bromley, 1931
Scleropogon neglectus Bromley, 1931
Stenopogon aeacus Wiedemann, 1828
Stenopogon inquinatus Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Stenopogon obscuriventris Loew, 1872Juniper globemallow
Stenopogon rufibarbis Bromley, 1931
Stichopogon argenteus Say, 1823
Stichopogon trifasciatus Say, 1823Three-banded Robber Fly
Stilpnogaster auriannulatus (Hine, 1906)⇒ Regasilus auriannulatus Hine, 1906
Tipulogaster glabrata Wiedemann, 1828
Triorla trichina Tomasovic, 2002

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Alberta
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
7
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
14
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
15
59
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
7
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStichopogoninae
Hardy, 1930
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Asilidae (Latreille 1802)
Asilidae (Latreille 1802)


Links, sources and further information
Asilidae at geller-grimm.de
Asilidae at artfakta.se
Asilidae at dyntaxa.se
Asilidae at gbif.org
Asilidae at irmng.org
Asilidae at itis.gov
Asilidae at marinespecies.org