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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
211
830
1111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
211
830
1111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
206
825
1106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
144
685
939
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
37
113
136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
30
99
122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
34
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
3
25
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
7
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cape Peninsula
7 Genera with 7 Species
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 1803
0SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1758Bee-like robber flies2SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Pegesimallus Loew, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Teratopomyia Oldroyd, 17811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
7 Species
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Asilus cyaneus (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Teratopomyia cyanea Fabricius, 1781
Laphria fulvipes (Ricardo, 1913)⇒ Proagonistes rufibarbis Fabricius, 1805
Laphria gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758
Neolophonotus suillus Fabricius, 1805
Pegesimallus tapulus Walker, 1849
Teratopomyia cyanea Fabricius, 1781

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

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
2
3
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