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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Cape Breton County (Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
293
1583
2072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
293
1583
2072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
278
1529
1982
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
211
1328
1731
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
61
373
506
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
46
236
337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
5
33
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
2
11
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
10
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape Breton County
10 Genera with 13 Species
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Atractia Macquart, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Eutolmus Loew, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1849Bee-like robber flies2SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Triorla Parks, 20021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Breton County
13 Species
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Atractia clausicella Carrera, 1960
Cyrtopogon bimaculus Walker, 1851
Cyrtopogon falto Walker, 1849
Eutolmus polypogon Loew, 1848
Laphria posticata Say, 1824
Laphria sadales Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Machimus erythocnemius Hine, 1909
Machimus sadyates Walker, 1849
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Ommatius chrysopilus Oldroyd, 1972
Triorla trichina Tomasovic, 2002

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Cape Breton County
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
2
3
Genera
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