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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Eastern Ontario (Southern Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
475
4160
8046
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
474
4158
8044
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
451
4058
7780
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
321
3472
6774
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
90
801
1560
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
68
577
1115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
86
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
5
48
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
30
39
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eastern Ontario
30 Genera with 39 Species
#ABCDEHLMNOPRT
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Apachekolos Martin, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Atomosia Macquart, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Atractia Macquart, 19601SpeciesTaxom
Beameromyia Martin, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Ceraturgus Wiedemann, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Cerotainia Schiner, 18232SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 18202SpeciesTaxom
Diogmites Loew, 1851Hanging Thief Robber Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Eremisca Hull, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Eutolmus Loew, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1823Gnat Ogres1SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1824Bee-like robber flies3SpeciesTaxom
Lasiopogon Loew, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18624SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Proctacanthus Macquart, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1838Giant Robber Flies1SpeciesTaxom
Psilonyx Aldrich, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Rhadiurgus Loew, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Taracticus Loew, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Tipulogaster Cockerell, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Triorla Parks, 20021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eastern Ontario
39 Species
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Apachekolos tenuipes Loew, 1862
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Archilestes californicus McLachlan, 1895California Spreadwing
Archilestes grandis Rambur, 1942Great Spreadwing
Atomosia puella Wiedemann, 1828
Atractia clausicella Carrera, 1960
Ceraturgus cruciatus Say, 1823
Cerotainia albipilosa Curran, 1930
Cerotainia macrocera Say, 1823
Cyrtopogon bimaculus Walker, 1851
Dioctria (Dioctria) hyalipennis (Fabricius, 1794)⇒ Leptarthrus vitripennis Meigen, 1820
Dioctria baumhaueri Meigen, 1820Hispid yellowcress
Diogmites basalis Walker, 1851
Eremisca dipogon Lehr, 1964
Eutolmus polypogon Loew, 1848
Holcocephala abdominalis Say, 1823
Laphria gilva (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Lamyra ignea Meigen, 1820
Laphria index Mcatee, 1919Purple bittercress
Laphria posticata Say, 1824
Lasiopogon opaculus Loew, 1874Emory's globemallow
Leptogaster atridorsalis Back, 1909
Leptogaster flavipes Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Leptogaster incisuralis Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Leptogaster murina Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Machimus notatus Wiedemann, 1828
Machimus paropus Walker, 1849
Machimus sadyates Walker, 1849
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Neoitamus flavofemoratus Hine, 1909
Ommatius chrysopilus Oldroyd, 1972
Proctacanthus milbertii Macquart, 1838Melonleaf
Promachus bastardii Macquart, 1838
Psilonyx annulatus Say, 1823
Rhadiurgus variabilis Zetterstedt, 1838Northern robberfly
Taracticus octopunctatus Say, 1823
Tipulogaster glabrata Wiedemann, 1828
Triorla trichina Tomasovic, 2002

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Eastern Ontario
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
10
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
7
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
1
2
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