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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Dominica (Windward Islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
208
878
1333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
208
878
1333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
202
859
1311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
131
632
1005
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
40
184
373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
29
127
218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
5
39
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
3
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
5
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Dominica
5 Genera with 7 Species
Beameromyia Martin, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Cerotainia Schiner, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Nerax Hull, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19853SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Dominica
7 Species
Beameromyia quaterna Scarbrough, 1997
Cerotainia melanosoma Scarbrough &..., 1989
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Nerax nigrimystaceus Macquart, 1847
Ommatius dignus Scarbrough, 2000
Ommatius dimidiatus Macquart, 1850
Ommatius villosus Scarbrough, 1985

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

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
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