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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Big Bend National Park (Texas, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
197
994
1475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
197
994
1475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
182
967
1447
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
127
803
1236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
19
42
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
15
35
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
3
13
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
3
13
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
8
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Big Bend National Park
8 Genera with 9 Species
Apachekolos Martin, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Daptolestes Hull, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 19872SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Polacantha Martin, 19751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Big Bend National Park
9 Species
Apachekolos scapularis Bigot, 1878
Archilestes grandis Rambur, 1942Great Spreadwing
Daptolestes limbipennis Macquart, 1846
Efferia argyrosoma Hine, 1911
Efferia incognita Forbes, 1987
Leptogaster eudicrana Loew, 1874Emory's globemallow
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Ommatius chrysopilus Oldroyd, 1972
Polacantha sinuosa Martin, 1975

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Big Bend National Park
SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
1
1
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