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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
419
3503
6778
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
416
3499
6774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
396
3411
6581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
290
2948
5875
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
82
673
1194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
61
469
836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
72
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
4
38
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
21
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central Alberta
21 Genera with 29 Species
#ACDEHLMNOST
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Atractia Macquart, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19234SpeciesTaxom
Daulopogon Loew, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Eucyrtopogon Curran, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Holopogon Loew, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1919Bee-like robber flies5SpeciesTaxom
Lasiopogon Loew, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Nevadasilus Artigas & Pa..., 01SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821
0SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Tipulogaster Cockerell, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Triorla Parks, 20021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central Alberta
29 Species
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Archilestes californicus McLachlan, 1895California Spreadwing
Atractia clausicella Carrera, 1960
Cyrtopogon bimaculus Walker, 1851
Cyrtopogon falto Walker, 1849
Cyrtopogon sudator Osten-sacken, 1877
Cyrtopogon willistoni Curran, 1923
Dioctria (Dioctria) hyalipennis (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Leptarthrus vitripennis Meigen, 1820
Dioctria pusio Osten-sacken, 1877
Holopogon seniculus Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Holopogon stellatus Martin, 1959Mojave cleomella
Laphria janus Mcatee, 1919Purple bittercress
Laphria posticata Say, 1824
Laphria sadales Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Laphria saffrana Fabricius, 1805
Laphria scorpio Mcatee, 1919Purple bittercress
Lasiopogon aldrichii Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Lasiopogon monticolus Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Leptogaster incisuralis Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Machimus erythocnemius Hine, 1909
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Nevadasilus auriannulatus
Stenopogon inquinatus Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Stenopogon obscuriventris Loew, 1872Juniper globemallow
Tipulogaster glabrata Wiedemann, 1828
Triorla trichina Tomasovic, 2002

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Central Alberta
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
5
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
6
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
1
1
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