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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Colorado (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
595
8339
20024
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
593
8334
20018
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
567
8204
19733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
376
6706
16394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
97
1091
2455
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
72
864
1948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
12
223
634
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
7
162
448
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
87
256
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Colorado
85 Genera with 256 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRSTW
Ablautus Loew, 19093SpeciesTaxom
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Albibarbefferia Artigas & Pa..., 18851SpeciesTaxom
Amblyonychus Hermann, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Apachekolos Martin, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Aphestia Schiner, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Aporema Scudder, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Aridefferia Artigas & Pa..., 19191SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 19157SpeciesTaxom
Atomosia Macquart, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Atractia Macquart, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Beameromyia Martin, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Blepharepium Rondani, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Callinicus Loew, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Carinefferia Artigas & Pa..., 19195SpeciesTaxom
Ceraturgopsis Johnson, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Ceraturgus Wiedemann, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Cerotainia Schiner, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Cerotainiops Curran, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Coleomyia Wilcox & Martin, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Comantella Curran, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Cophura Osten Sacken, 19316SpeciesTaxom
Ctenodontina Enderlein, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 192323SpeciesTaxom
Dicolonus Loew, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Dicropaltum Martin, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Diogmites Loew, 1866Hanging Thief Robber Flies8SpeciesTaxom
Echthodopa Loew, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 191917SpeciesTaxom
Eicherax Bigot, 1857
0SpeciesTaxom
Eucyrtopogon Curran, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Glaphyropyga Schiner, 19501SpeciesTaxom
Heteropogon Loew, 1934Tanglehead4SpeciesTaxom
Hodophylax James, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1867
Gnat Ogres0SpeciesTaxom
Holopogon Loew, 19596SpeciesTaxom
Lampria Macquart, 18344SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1883Bee-like robber flies14SpeciesTaxom
Laphystia Lapkystiella..., 19316SpeciesTaxom
Lasiopogon Loew, 19075SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 19478SpeciesTaxom
Lestomyia Williston, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 191813SpeciesTaxom
Mallophora Macquart, 1838Bee Killers2SpeciesTaxom
Mallophorina Curran, 1934
0SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 19648SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 19084SpeciesTaxom
Myelaphus Bigot, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Nannocyrtopogon Wilcox & Martin, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Negasilus Curran, 19341SpeciesTaxom
Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Neomochtherus Osten Sacken, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Nicocles Jaennicke, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Ospriocerus Loew, 19685SpeciesTaxom
Palaeomolobra Hull, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Philonicus Loew, 19393SpeciesTaxom
Pilica Curran, 1931
0SpeciesTaxom
Pogonioefferia Artigas & Pa..., 18859SpeciesTaxom
Pogonosoma Rondani, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Proctacanthella Bromley, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Proctacanthus Macquart, 19336SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1823Giant Robber Flies7SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorus Walker, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Pycnomerinx Hull, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Regasilus Curran, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Rhadiurgus Loew, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Saropogon Loew, 19142SpeciesTaxom
Scleropogon Loew, 19206SpeciesTaxom
Senobasis Macquart, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Senoprosopis Macquart, 19494SpeciesTaxom
Stenocinclis Scudder, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 19688SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 18233SpeciesTaxom
Stilpnogaster Loew, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Taracticus Loew, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Triorla Parks, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Tuberculefferia Artigas & Pa..., 19041SpeciesTaxom
Wilcoxia James, 19722SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Colorado
256 Species and 3 Subspecies
Ablautus mimus Osten Sacken, 1877
Ablautus mimus squamipes
Ablautus rufotibialis Back, 1909
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Albibarbefferia leucocomus Williston, 1885
Andrenosoma cinerea Bellardi, 1861
Andrenosoma erythrogaster Wiedemann, 1828
Apachekolos crinita Martin, 1957MacBride cleomella
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Aporema praestrictum S. H. Scudder, 1890
Archilestes grandis Rambur, 1942Great Spreadwing
Aridefferia snowi Hine, 1919
Asilus amelanchieris Cockerell, 1911
Asilus curculionis Melander, 1947
Asilus florissantinus James, 1939
Asilus peritulus Cockerell, 1909
Asilus sericeus Say, 1823
Asilus vescus (Hine, 1918)⇒ Machimus vescus Hine, 1918
Asilus wickhami Cockerell, 1915
Atomosia melanopogon Hermann, 1912Long spur columbine
Blepharepium borealis James, 1939
Callinicus pictitarsis Bigot, 1878
Carinefferia costalis Williston, 1885
Carinefferia cressoni Hine, 1919
Carinefferia jubata (Williston, 1885)⇒ Efferia jubata Williston, 1885
Carinefferia subcuprea Schaeffer, 1916
Carinefferia willistoni Hine, 1919
Ceraturgopsis praecursor James, 1939
Ceraturgus praecursor James, 1939
Cerotainia macrocera Say, 1823
Cerotainia ornatipes James, 1953
Cerotainiops abdominalis Brown, 1897
Coleomyia alticola James, 1941
Comantella fallei Back, 1909
Comantella rotgeri James, 1937
Cophura antiquella Cockerell, 1913
Cophura brevicornis Williston, 1883
Cophura lutzi (Curran, 1931)⇒ Cophura pollinosa Curran, 1930
Cophura luzti Curran, 1931
Cophura pollinosa Curran, 1930
Cophura stylosa Curran, 1931
Cyrtopogon ablautoides Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Cyrtopogon auratus Cole, 1919
Cyrtopogon banksi Wilcox & Martin, 1936Tall dodder
Cyrtopogon bimaculus Walker, 1851
Cyrtopogon culminus Bigot, 1885
Cyrtopogon dasyllis Williston, 1893
Cyrtopogon fallei Back, 1909
Cyrtopogon glarealis Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Cyrtopogon idahoensis Wilcox & Martin, 1936Tall dodder
Cyrtopogon inversus Curran, 1923
Cyrtopogon jemezi Wilcox & Martin, 1936Tall dodder
Cyrtopogon leptotarsus Curran, 1923
Cyrtopogon montanus (Loew, 1874)⇒ Cyrtopogon culminus Bigot, 1885
Cyrtopogon nugator Osten-sacken, 1877
Cyrtopogon plausor Osten-sacken, 1877
Cyrtopogon profusus Osten-sacken, 1877
Cyrtopogon pulcher Back, 1909
Cyrtopogon rattus Osten-sacken, 1877
Cyrtopogon rejectus Osten-sacken, 1877
Cyrtopogon rufotarsus Back, 1909
Cyrtopogon tibialis Coquillett, 1904
Cyrtopogon wilcoxi James, 1942
Cyrtopogon willistoni Curran, 1923
Dicolonus sparsipilosus Back, 1909
Dicropaltum alamosae (Martin, 1975)⇒ Dicropaltum mesae Tucker, 1907
Dicropaltum mesae Tucker, 1907
Dioctria florissantina Cockerell, 1909
Dioctria pulveris Cockerell, 1917
Dioctria pusio Osten-sacken, 1877
Dioctria vera Back, 1909
Diogmites angustipennis Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Diogmites basalis Walker, 1851
Diogmites coloradensis James, 1933
Diogmites grossus (Bromley, 1936)⇒ Diogmites angustipennis Loew, 1866
Diogmites lindigii Schiner, 1868
Diogmites neoternatus Bromley, 1931
Diogmites perplexus Back, 1909
Diogmites platypterus Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Echthodopa pubera Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Efferia albibarbis Macquart, 1838
Efferia argyrosoma Hine, 1911
Efferia basini Wilcox, 1966Smartweed dodder
Efferia benedicti Bromley, 1940
Efferia bicaudata Hine, 1919
Efferia cana Hine, 1916
Efferia costalis Williston, 1885
Efferia cressoni Hine, 1919
Efferia frewingi Wilcox, 1966Smartweed dodder
Efferia helenae Bromley, 1951
Efferia jubata Williston, 1885
Efferia pogonias Wiedemann, 1821
Efferia rapax Osten Sacken, 1887
Efferia snowi Hine, 1919
Efferia tuberculata Coquillett, 1904
Efferia varipes Williston, 1885
Efferia zonata Hine, 1919
Eucyrtopogon comantis Curran, 1923
Glaphyropyga aristata Carrera, 1950
Heteropogon johnsoni Back, 1904
Heteropogon maculinervis James, 1937
Heteropogon martini Wilcox, 1965Prairie dodder
Heteropogon wilcoxi James, 1934
Hodophylax aridus James, 1933Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
Holopogon acropennis Martin, 1959Mojave cleomella
Holopogon albipilosus Curran, 1923
Holopogon atripennis Back, 1909
Holopogon currani Martin, 1959Mojave cleomella
Holopogon seniculus Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Holopogon wilcoxi Martin, 1959Mojave cleomella
Lampria aurifex Osten-sacken, 1887
Lampria bicolor Wiedemann, 1828
Lampria clavipes Fabricius, 1805
Lampria rubriventris Macquart, 1834
Lamyra ignea Meigen, 1820
Laphria aeatus Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Laphria aimatis Mcatee, 1919Purple bittercress
Laphria asackeni Wilcox, 1965Prairie dodder
Laphria engelhardti Bromley, 1931
Laphria felis Osten-sacken, 1877Black hawthorn
Laphria fernaldi Back, 1904
Laphria gilva (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Lamyra ignea Meigen, 1820
Laphria janus Mcatee, 1919Purple bittercress
Laphria lata Macquart, 1850Ivy gourd
Laphria milvina Bromley, 1929
Laphria sadales Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Laphria saffrana Fabricius, 1805
Laphria sericea Say, 1823
Laphria vivax Williston, 1883
Laphystia flavipes Coquillett, 1904
Laphystia lanhami James, 1941
Laphystia litoralis Curran, 1931
Laphystia rubra Hull, 1957
Laphystia rufiventris Curran, 1931
Laphystia rufofasciata Curran, 1931
Lasiopogon aldrichii Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Lasiopogon cinereus Cole, 1919
Lasiopogon fumipennis Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Lasiopogon polensis Lavigne, 1969
Lasiopogon quadrivittatus Jones, 1907Hooker's silene
Leptogaster arborcola Martin, 1957MacBride cleomella
Leptogaster arenicola James, 1937
Leptogaster arida Cole, 1919
Leptogaster coloradensis James, 1937
Leptogaster eudicrana Loew, 1874Emory's globemallow
Leptogaster hirtipes Coquillett, 1904
Leptogaster murina Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Leptogaster prior Melander, 1947
Lestomyia miocenica James, 1939
Lestomyia strigipes Curran, 1931
Machimus adustus Martin, 1975
Machimus callidus Williston, 1893
Machimus delusus Tucker, 1907
Machimus erythocnemius Hine, 1909
Machimus formosus Hine, 1918
Machimus gilvipes Hine, 1918
Machimus griseus Hine, 1906Bluestem pricklypoppy
Machimus occidentalis Hine, 1909
Machimus paropus Walker, 1849
Machimus prairiensis Tucker, 1907Eryngo
Machimus sestertius Martin, 1975
Machimus sestertius davidsonae
Machimus vescus Hine, 1918
Mallophora fautrix Osten-sacken, 1887
Mallophora leschenaultii Macquart, 1838
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megaphorus clausicellus Macquart, 1850
Megaphorus clausicellus intermedius
Megaphorus frustra Cole & Pritc..., 1964
Megaphorus frustrus Pritchard, 1935
Megaphorus guildianus Williston, 1885
Megaphorus intermedius Tucker, 1907
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Megaphorus willistoni Cole, 1964
Microstylum destructum Cockerell, 1909
Microstylum galactodes Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Microstylum morosum Loew, 1872Juniper globemallow
Microstylum wheeleri Cockerell, 1908
Myelaphus lobicornis Osten-sacken, 1877
Nannocyrtopogon antennatus Wilcox & Martin, 1957Rope dodder
Nannocyrtopogon aristatus James, 1942
Negasilus belli Curran, 1934
Neoitamus orphne Walker, 1849Arizona milkweed
Neomochtherus lepidus Hine, 1909
Nicocles miocenicus Cockerell, 1909
Ommatius chrysopilus Oldroyd, 1972
Ommatius humatus Scarbrough, 1993
Ospriocerus aeacidinus Williston, 1886
Ospriocerus latipennis Loew, 1866
Ospriocerus longulus Loew, 1866
Ospriocerus minos (Osten-sacken, 1887)⇒ Stenopogon minos Osten Sacken, 1877
Ospriocerus vallensis Martin, 1968
Palaeomolobra antiqua James, 1939
Philonicus arizonensis Williston, 1893
Philonicus limpidipennis Hine, 1909
Philonicus saxorum James, 1939
Pogonioefferia argyrosoma Hine, 1911
Pogonioefferia bicaudata Hine, 1919
Pogonioefferia cana Hine, 1916
Pogonioefferia helenae Bromley, 1951
Pogonioefferia pallidula Hine, 1911
Pogonioefferia rapax Osten-sacken, 1887
Pogonioefferia staminea Williston, 1885
Pogonioefferia truncata Hine, 1911
Pogonioefferia varipes Williston, 1885
Pogonosoma ridingsi Cresson, 1920
Proctacanthella cacopiloga Hine, 1909
Proctacanthella exquisita Osten-sacken, 1887
Proctacanthella leucopogon Williston, 1893
Proctacanthus brevipennis Wiedemann, 1828
Proctacanthus duryi Hine, 1911Chisos Mountain pricklypoppy
Proctacanthus hinei Bromley, 1928
Proctacanthus micans Schiner, 1867Farwell's watermilfoil
Proctacanthus nearno Martin, 1962Rocky Mountain stickweed
Proctacanthus rodecki James, 1933Engelmann's hedgehog cactus
Promachus albifacies Williston, 1885Pineland clustervine
Promachus aldrichii Hine, 1911Chisos Mountain pricklypoppy
Promachus bastardii Macquart, 1838
Promachus dimidiatus Curran, 1927
Promachus hinei Bromley, 1931
Promachus oklahomensis Pritchard, 1935Gypsum milk-vetch
Promachus vertebratus Say, 1823
Regasilus auriannulatus Hine, 1906
Rhadiurgus variabilis Zetterstedt, 1838Northern robberfly
Saropogon combustus Loew, 1874Emory's globemallow
Saropogon oblitescens Cockerell, 1914
Scleropogon coyote Bromley, 1931
Scleropogon helvolus Loew, 1874Emory's globemallow
Scleropogon indistinctus Bromley, 1937
Scleropogon neglectus Bromley, 1931
Scleropogon picticornis Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Scleropogon uhleri Banks, 1920
Senobasis antiqua James, 1939
Senobasis borealis James, 1939
Senoprosopis (Eosenoprosopis) antiquus M. T. James, 1939
Senoprosopis (Eosenoprosopis) borealis James, 1939
Senoprosopis (Eosenoprosopis) romeri Hull, 1958
Senoprosopis eureka Melander, 1949
Stenocinclis anomala Scudder, 1878
Stenopogon aeacidinus (Williston, 1886)⇒ Ospriocerus aeacidinus Williston, 1886
Stenopogon aeacus Wiedemann, 1828
Stenopogon inquinatus Loew, 1866Scarlet globemallow
Stenopogon inyae Wilcox, 1971Runyon's dodder
Stenopogon martini Bromley, 1937
Stenopogon minos Osten Sacken, 1877
Stenopogon rufibarbis Bromley, 1931
Stenopogon vallensis Martin, 1968
Stichopogon argenteus Say, 1823
Stichopogon pritchardi Bromley, 1951
Stichopogon trifasciatus Say, 1823Three-banded Robber Fly
Stilpnogaster auriannulatus (Hine, 1906)⇒ Regasilus auriannulatus Hine, 1906
Taracticus contusus Cockerell, 1910
Taracticus hypogaeus Cockerell, 1909
Taracticus renovatus Cockerell, 1911
Triorla interrupta Macquart, 1834
Tuberculefferia tuberculata (Coquillett, 1904)⇒ Efferia tuberculata Coquillett, 1904
Wilcoxia cinerea James, 1941
Wilcoxia painteri Wilcox, 1972Saltmarsh dodder

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Colorado
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
12
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
20
79
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
34
116
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
11
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
5
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



Asilidae (Latreille 1802)
Asilidae (Latreille 1802)


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