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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Contra Costa County (California, USA)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
357
2134
3367
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
356
2132
3365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
337
2081
3277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
230
1782
2903
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
46
235
274
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
38
187
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
44
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
6
39
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
22
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Contra Costa County
22 Genera with 23 Species
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Andrenosoma Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Backomyia Wilcox & Martin, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Cerotainiops Curran, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Cophura Osten Sacken, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Daulopogon Loew, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Eudioctria Wilcox & Martin, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Holopogon Loew, 19592SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1849Bee-like robber flies2SpeciesTaxom
Lasiopogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Metapogon Coquillett, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Nannocyrtopogon Wilcox & Martin, 1936
0SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Philonicus Loew, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Prolepsis Walker, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Zabrops Hull, 19771SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Contra Costa County
23 Species
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Archilestes californicus McLachlan, 1895California Spreadwing
Archilestes grandis Rambur, 1942Great Spreadwing
Cerotainiops omus Pritchard, 1942Harrison milk-vetch
Cophura fergusoni Wilcox, 1965Prairie dodder
Cyrtopogon dasyllis Williston, 1893
Cyrtopogon montanus (Loew, 1874)⇒ Cyrtopogon culminus Bigot, 1885
Eudioctria media Banks, 1917
Holopogon atrifrons Cole, 1924
Holopogon stellatus Martin, 1959Mojave cleomella
Laphria sackeni (Banks, 1917)⇒ Laphria asackeni Wilcox, 1965
Laphria sadales Walker, 1849Largeflower milkweed
Leptogaster arida Cole, 1919
Leptogaster cultaventris Martin, 1957MacBride cleomella
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Metapogon hurdi Wilcox, 1964Bush-clover dodder
Ommatius chrysopilus Oldroyd, 1972
Prolepsis tristis Walker, 1851
Stenopogon jubatoides Bromley, 1937
Stenopogon obscuriventris Loew, 1872Juniper globemallow
Zabrops wilcoxi Fisher, 1977

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Contra Costa County
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
10
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
2
3
Genera
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