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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Caribbean (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
657
12365
38331
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
653
12348
38295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
627
12188
37884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
383
9584
30287
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
92
1536
5192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
72
1215
3605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
222
842
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
5
134
471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
79
311
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean
79 Genera with 311 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTW
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Amblyonychus Hermann, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 19362SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 192015SpeciesTaxom
Annamyia Pritchard, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Apachekolos Martin, 20057SpeciesTaxom
Aphestia Schiner, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Archilestris Loew, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Atomosia Macquart, 200616SpeciesTaxom
Atoniomyia Hermann, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Atractia Macquart, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Austrosaropogon Hardy, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Bactria Meigen, 1820
0SpeciesTaxom
Bathypogon Loew, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Beameromyia Martin, 199711SpeciesTaxom
Blepharepium Rondani, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Boropis Hull, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Callinicus Loew, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Cerdistus Loew, 18503SpeciesTaxom
Cerotainia Schiner, 20065SpeciesTaxom
Clephydroneura Becker, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Ctenodontina Enderlein, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Dapsilochaetus Hull, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Dasyllis Loew, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Dasypogon Meigen, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Daulopogon Loew, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Deromyia Philippi, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Diogmites Loew, 1866Hanging Thief Robber Flies3SpeciesTaxom
Eccritosia Schiner, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 200940SpeciesTaxom
Eicherax Bigot, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Emphysomera Schiner, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Erax Scopoli, 19195SpeciesTaxom
Eumecosoma Schiner, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Eurhabdus Aldrich, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Glaphyropyga Schiner, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Gonioscelis Schiner, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1982Gnat Ogres3SpeciesTaxom
Lampria Macquart, 18344SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1878Bee-like robber flies5SpeciesTaxom
Lasiopogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptarthrus Stephens, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 192913SpeciesTaxom
Lochites Forster, 18391SpeciesTaxom
Mallaphora1SpeciesTaxom
Mallophora Macquart, 1828Bee Killers14SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Neophoneus Williston, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Nerax Hull, 195317SpeciesTaxom
Oidardis Hermann, 1912
0SpeciesTaxom
Oligopogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 199755SpeciesTaxom
Pegesimallus Loew, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Phellopteron Hull, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Pilica Curran, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Plesiomma Macquart, 200312SpeciesTaxom
Proagonistes Loew, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Proctacanthella Bromley, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Proctacanthus Macquart, 17898SpeciesTaxom
Prolepsis Walker, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1848Giant Robber Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Psilonyx Aldrich, 20053SpeciesTaxom
Rhopalogaster J.R.Johnst., 19292SpeciesTaxom
Schildia Aldrich, 20092SpeciesTaxom
Senobasis Macquart, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Smeryngolaphria Hermann, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Sphageus Loew, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Taurhynchus Artigas & Pa..., 1995
0SpeciesTaxom
Townsendia Williston, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Triorla Parks, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Wilcoxius C.H. Martin, 20057SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean
311 Species
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Amblyonychus trapezoidalis Bellardi, 1861
Ancylorhynchus crux Bezzi, 1908
Ancylorhynchus magnificus Bromley, 1936
Andrenosoma acunai Bromley, 1929
Andrenosoma aricenniae Farr, 1965
Andrenosoma avicenniae Farr, 1965
Andrenosoma bayardi Seguy, 1952
Andrenosoma chalybea Williston, 1885
Andrenosoma chalybeum Williston, 1885
Andrenosoma crassa Bromley, 1929
Andrenosoma cruentum Mcatee, 1919
Andrenosoma erax Bromley, 1934
Andrenosoma erythrogaster Wiedemann, 1828
Andrenosoma lewisi Farr, 1965
Andrenosoma quadrimaculata Bromley, 1929
Andrenosoma ruficaudum Williston, 1885
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Andrenosoma varipes Banks, 1920
Annamyia maren Pritchard, 1941
Apachekolos clavipes Johnson, 1897
Apachekolos flaventis Scarbrough &..., 2005
Apachekolos invasus Scarbrough &..., 2005
Apachekolos magnus Scarbrough &..., 2005
Apachekolos tenuipes Loew, 1862
Apachekolos volubilis Scarbrough &..., 2005
Apachekolos vultus Scarbrough &..., 2005
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Archilestes grandis Rambur, 1942Great Spreadwing
Archilestris excellens Enderlein, 1914
Asilus loewi (Bromley, 1929)⇒ Wilcoxius loewi Bromley, 1929
Asilus ramsideni Bromley, 1929
Atomosia anacaona Scarbrough &..., 2006
Atomosia cerverai Bromley, 1929
Atomosia ciguaya Scarbrough &..., 2006
Atomosia danforthi Curran, 1935
Atomosia incisuralis Macquart, 1839
Atomosia jagua Scarbrough &..., 2006
Atomosia jimagua Scarbrough &..., 2006
Atomosia maestrae Bromley, 1929
Atomosia metallica Bromley, 1929
Atomosia nuda Hermann, 1912
Atomosia parva Bigot, 1857
Atomosia pubescens Bromley, 1929
Atomosia puella Wiedemann, 1828
Atomosia rica Curran, 1935
Atomosia similis Bigot, 1856
Atomosia yurabia Scarbrough &..., 2006
Atoniomyia mikii Williston, 1886
Austrosaropogon claviger Hardy, 1934
Bathypogon nigrinus Ricardo, 1912
Beameromyia chrysops Martin, 1957MacBride cleomella
Beameromyia cubensis Bigot, 1857
Beameromyia dicrana Scarbrough, 1997
Beameromyia graminicola Farr, 1963
Beameromyia incisuralis Scarbrough &..., 2005
Beameromyia insulara Martin, 1957
Beameromyia insularia Martin, 1957
Beameromyia melana Scarbrough, 1997
Beameromyia pictipes Loew, 1862
Beameromyia quaterna Scarbrough, 1997
Beameromyia virginensis Scarbrough, 1997
Blepharepium annulatum Bigot, 1857
Boropis inflatus Hull, 1962
Callinicus calcaneus Loew, 1872Juniper globemallow
Cerdistus lautus White, 1918
Cerdistus margitis Walker, 1849
Cerdistus mistipes Macquart, 1850
Cerotainia jamaicensis Johnson, 1919
Cerotainia laticeps Bromley, 1929
Cerotainia macrocera Say, 1823
Cerotainia melanosoma Scarbrough &..., 1989
Cerotainia sola Scarbrough &..., 2006
Clephydroneura cylindra Shi, 1995
Cyrtopogon dasyllis Williston, 1893
Cyrtopogon leptotarsus Curran, 1923
Cyrtopogon plausor Osten-sacken, 1877
Dapsilochaetus inflatus Hull, 1962
Dasyllis rufa Bromley, 1931
Dasypogon atripes Fabricius, 1805
Dasypogon parvus Rondani, 1850
Deromyia bilineatus Loew, 1866
Deromyia ternatus Loew, 1866
Diogmites bilineatus (Loew, 1866)⇒ Diogmites discolor Loew, 1866
Diogmites bromleyi Carrera, 1949
Diogmites discolor Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Eccritosia plinthopyga Wiedemann, 1821
Eccritosia zamon Townsend, 1895
Efferia alia Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia angusta Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia bellardii Scarbrough, 2008
Efferia bromleyi Scarbrough, 2008
Efferia brunnescens Bromley, 1929
Efferia bullata Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia caudex Walker, 1849
Efferia caymanensis Scarbrough, 1988
Efferia cazieri Curran, 1953
Efferia clavata Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia cubensis Bromley, 1929
Efferia exacta Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia exaggerata Smit, 2019
Efferia forbesi Curran, 1931
Efferia fortis Walker, 1855
Efferia fulvibarbis Macquart, 1848
Efferia gossei Farr, 1965
Efferia haloesus Walker, 1849
Efferia hinei Scarbrough, 2008
Efferia incisura Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia insula Scarbrough, 2008
Efferia montensis Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia nigrimystaceus Macquart, 1847
Efferia nigritarsis Hine, 1919
Efferia pachychaeta Bromley, 1928
Efferia picea Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia pilosula Bromley, 1929
Efferia pina Scarbrough, 2008
Efferia pogonias Wiedemann, 1821
Efferia portoricensis Hine, 1919
Efferia serrula Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia sinuosa Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia spinula Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia stylata Fabricius, 1775
Efferia subappendiculata Macquart, 1838
Efferia suspiciosa Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia tortola Curran, 1928
Efferia vauriei Curran, 1953
Efferia vinalensis Scarbrough, 2008
Efferia woodleyi Scarbrough &..., 2009
Eicherax nigrimystaceus Macquart, 1847
Emphysomera pallidapex Bigot, 1891
Erax brunnescens (Bromley, 1929)⇒ Efferia brunnescens Bromley, 1929
Erax cubensis (Bromley, 1929)⇒ Efferia cubensis Bromley, 1929
Erax nigritarsis (Hine, 1919)⇒ Nerax nigritarsis Hine, 1919
Erax pilosula (Bromley, 1929)⇒ Efferia pilosula Bromley, 1929
Erax portoricensis (Hine, 1919)⇒ Nerax portoricensis Hine, 1919
Eumecosoma ayala Kaletta, 1974
Eumecosoma caerulum Scarbrough &..., 2006
Eumecosoma calverti Hine, 1917
Eurhabdus jamaicensis Farr, 1973
Eurhabdus sororius Scarbrough &..., 2005
Euscelidia pulchra Dikow, 2003
Glaphyropyga dryas Fisher, 1982
Gonioscelis zulu Londt, 2004
Holcocephala abdominalis Say, 1823
Holcocephala indigena Scarbrough, 2003
Holcocephala vallestris Ayala, 1982
Lampria aurifex Osten-sacken, 1887
Lampria clavipes Fabricius, 1805
Lampria mexicana Macquart, 1847
Lampria splendens Macquart, 1834
Laphria aeatus Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Laphria felis Osten-sacken, 1877Black hawthorn
Laphria flavipes Wiedemann, 1821
Laphria thoracica Fabricius, 1805Bumble Bee Mimic Robber Fly
Laphria varipes (Bigot, 1878)⇒ Andrenosoma varipes Banks, 1920
Leptarthrus dufaui Hustache, 1929
Leptarthrus spinipennis Hustache, 1929
Leptogaster bahamiensis Scarbrough, 1996
Leptogaster bengryi Farr, 1963
Leptogaster flavipes Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Leptogaster hyacinthina Scarbrough, 1996
Leptogaster jamaicensis Farr, 1963
Leptogaster lerneri Curran, 1953
Leptogaster lineatus Scarbrough, 1996
Leptogaster longipes Walker, 1858
Leptogaster martini Farr, 1963
Leptogaster obscuripennis (Johnson, 1895)⇒ Lasiocnemus obscuripennis Loew, 1851
Leptogaster obscuripes Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Leptogaster roederi Williston, 1896
Leptogaster venustus Bromely, 1929
Lochites auriceps (Walker, 1839)⇒ Torymoides sulcius Walker, 1839
Mallaphora brunneri
Mallophora argentipes Macquart, 1838
Mallophora atra Macquart, 1834Black Bee Killer
Mallophora bellengeri Farr, 1965
Mallophora bellingeri Farr, 1965
Mallophora bruneri Bromley, 1929
Mallophora cubana Artigas & Pa..., 1997
Mallophora leschenaultii Macquart, 1838
Mallophora macquartii (Rondani, 1850)⇒ Promachus macquartii Rondani, 1848
Mallophora media Clements, 1969
Mallophora minos Wiedemann, 1824
Mallophora nigritarsis Fabricius, 1805
Mallophora ripicola
Mallophora robusta Wiedemann, 1828
Mallophora scopifer Wiedemann, 1828
Martintella elliptica Scarbrough, 2010
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Neoitamus coquillettii Hine, 1909
Neolophonotus leptostylus Londt, 1988
Neophoneus flavotibius Bigot, 1878
Nerax brunnescens Bromley, 1929
Nerax caudex Walker, 1849
Nerax cazieri Curran, 1953
Nerax cubensis Bromley, 1929
Nerax forbesi Curran, 1931
Nerax fortis Walker, 1855
Nerax fulvibarbis Macquart, 1848
Nerax gossei Farr, 1965
Nerax haloesus Walker, 1849
Nerax nigrimystaceus Macquart, 1847
Nerax nigritarsis Hine, 1919
Nerax pachychaeta Bromley, 1928
Nerax pilosulus Bromley, 1929
Nerax portoricensis Hine, 1919
Nerax stylatus Fabricius, 1775
Nerax tortola Curran, 1928
Nerax vauriei Curran, 1953
Ommatius abana Curran, 1953
Ommatius alexanderi Farr, 1965
Ommatius atrosus Scarbrough, 1997
Ommatius bastardoanus Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius bipartitus Scarbrough, 1985
Ommatius chrysopilus Oldroyd, 1972
Ommatius cinnamomeus Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius cubansus Scarbrough, 1985
Ommatius cubanus Scarbrough, 1985
Ommatius dignus Scarbrough, 2000
Ommatius dimidiatus Macquart, 1850
Ommatius elusivus Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius emarginatus Scarbrough, 1985
Ommatius falcatus Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius fimbriatus Hardy, 1949
Ommatius fimbrillus Scarbrough, 2000
Ommatius flavescens Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius geminus Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius gwenae Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius haitiensis Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius hanebrinki Scarbrough &..., 1983
Ommatius hierroi Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius hispaniolae Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius hispidus Scarbrough, 1985
Ommatius humatus Scarbrough, 1993
Ommatius inflatus Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius infractus Scarbrough, 1985
Ommatius jamaicensis Farr, 1965
Ommatius laticrus Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius lineolatus Scarbrough, 1988
Ommatius lucidatus Scarbrough, 1997
Ommatius maculosus Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius marginellus Fabricius, 1781
Ommatius mariae Scarbrough, 2000
Ommatius membranosus Scarbrough, 1985
Ommatius monensis Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius nigellus Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius orenoquensis Bigot, 1876
Ommatius oreophilus Farr, 1965
Ommatius piliferous Scarbrough, 1985
Ommatius pilosus White, 1916
Ommatius praelongus Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius prolongatus Scarbrough, 1985
Ommatius pulverius Scarbrough, 1997
Ommatius russelli Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius saccas Walker, 1849
Ommatius scarbroughi Rodriguez Ve..., 1998
Ommatius setiferous Scarbrough, 1988
Ommatius spatulatus Curran, 1928
Ommatius stramineus Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius subtus Scarbrough &..., 1992
Ommatius tibialis Say, 1823
Ommatius villosus Scarbrough, 1985
Ommatius vitreus Bigot, 1875
Ommatius vivus Scarbrough, 1997
Pegesimallus laticornis Loew, 1858
Phellopteron farri Hull, 1962
Pilica acunai Bromley, 1929
Plesiomma angustum Macquart, 1848
Plesiomma darlingtoni
Plesiomma funestum Loew, 1861
Plesiomma indecorum Loew, 1866
Plesiomma inflatum Hull, 1962
Plesiomma leptogastrum Loew, 1866
Plesiomma lineata Fabricius, 1781
Plesiomma lineatum Fabricius, 1781
Plesiomma loewi Artigas & Pa..., 1993
Plesiomma macra (Loew, 1861)⇒ Plesiomma lineatum Fabricius, 1781
Plesiomma salti Bromley, 1929
Plesiomma simile Scarbrough, 2003
Proagonistes ufens Walker, 1849
Proctacanthella taina Scarbrough &..., 2006
Proctacanthus danforthi Curran, 1951
Proctacanthus darlingtoni Curran, 1951
Proctacanthus dominicana Curran, 1951
Proctacanthus dominicanus Curran, 1951
Proctacanthus lerneri Curran, 1951
Proctacanthus nigrimanus Curran, 1951
Proctacanthus rufiventris Macquart, 1838
Proctacanthus vittatus Olivier, 1789
Prolepsis chalcoprocta Loew, 1866
Promachus macquartii Rondani, 1848
Psilonyx arawak Farr, 1963
Psilonyx venustus Bromley, 1929
Psilonyx zephyrus Scarbrough &..., 2005
Rhopalogaster albidus Scarbrough &..., 2006
Rhopalogaster bella Bromley, 1929
Schildia jamaicensis Farr, 1962
Schildia martini T. Dikow, 2009
Senobasis annulata Bigot, 1857
Smeryngolaphria numitor Osten-sacken, 1887
Sphageus chalcoproctus Loew, 1866
Townsendia argyrata Curran, 1926
Triorla maculatus Macquart, 1834
Triorla striola Fabricius, 1805
Wilcoxius bullatus Bromley, 1929
Wilcoxius juventus Scarbrough &..., 2005
Wilcoxius loewi Bromley, 1929
Wilcoxius planus (Scarbrough &..., 2005)⇒ Wilcoxius juventus Scarbrough &..., 2005
Wilcoxius ramsdeni Bromley, 1929
Wilcoxius similis Scarbrough &..., 2005
Wilcoxius tumidus (Scarbrough &..., 2005)⇒ Wilcoxius similis Scarbrough &..., 2005

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Caribbean
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
11
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
16
138
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
16
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
17
57
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
7
39
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
10
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStichopogoninae
Hardy, 1930
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom



Asilidae (Latreille 1802)
Asilidae (Latreille 1802)


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