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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Ethiopia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
368
4268
12556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
367
4267
12554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
351
4207
12406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
237
3469
10524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
58
445
1022
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
46
371
813
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
9
84
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
5
66
138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
29
56
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ethiopia
29 Genera with 56 Species
#ACDEGHLMNOPRS
Afroestricus Scarbrough, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Afroholopogon Londt, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Alcimus Loew, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Connomyia Londt, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Cophura Osten Sacken, 01SpeciesTaxom
Dinozabrus Hull, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Dysmachus Loew, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 20034SpeciesTaxom
Gonioscelis Schiner, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Heligmonevra calceoIaria ..., 19061SpeciesTaxom
Hoplistomerus Macquart, 19102SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Laxenecera Macquart, 19195SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 19065SpeciesTaxom
Neomochtherus Osten Sacken, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Nusa Walker, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 18892SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1940Giant Robber Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Pygommatius Scarbrough &..., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidocephala Hermann, 19462SpeciesTaxom
Saropogon Loew, 18993SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Sisyrnodytes Loew, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Systropalpus Hull, 19621SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ethiopia
56 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afroestricus abyssinia Scarbrough, 2005
Afroestricus chiastoneurus Speiser, 1910
Afroestricus macroscelis Bezzi, 1906
Afroholopogon dasys Londt, 2005
Alcimus taeniopus Rondani, 1873
Andrenosoma boranicum Corti, 1895
Connomyia tellinii Bezzi, 1906
Cophura brevicornis melanochaeta
Dysmachus dasyproctus Loew, 1871
Euscelidia artaphernes Speiser, 1910
Euscelidia bishariensis Efflatoun, 1937
Euscelidia dorata Oldroyd, 1970
Euscelidia erichthenii Dikow, 2003
Gonioscelis macquartii Jaennicke, 1867
Gonioscelis whittingtoni Londt, 2004
Heligmonevra nuda Bezzi, 1906
Hoplistomerus serripes Fabricius, 1805
Hoplistomerus zelimina Speiser, 1910
Lamyra greatheadi Oldroyd, 1974
Lamyra gulo Loew, 1851
Lamyra vorax Loew, 1858
Laxenecera albicincta Loew, 1852
Laxenecera moialeana Seguy, 1939
Laxenecera nigrociliata Hermann, 1919
Laxenecera scopifera Speiser, 1910
Laxenecera serpentina Hermann, 1919
Leptogaster pedunculata Loew, 1847
Machimus comans Oldroyd, 1940
Machimus griseus Hine, 1906Bluestem pricklypoppy
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Neolophonotus bezzi Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus bezzii Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus holoxanthus Engel, 1927
Neolophonotus leucotaenia Bezzi, 1906
Neolophonotus nanus Bezzi, 1906
Neomochtherus nudus Bezzi, 1906
Nusa eos Londt, 2006
Ommatius pernecessarius Scarbrough, 2003
Ommatius tenellus Wulp, 1889
Promachus argyropus Bezzi, 1906
Promachus binucleatus Bezzi, 1908
Promachus bottegoi Corti, 1895
Promachus rectangularis Loew, 1854
Promachus ruepelli Loew, 1854
Promachus scotti Oldroyd, 1940
Pygommatius dasypogon Oldroyd, 1939
Rhipidocephala morio Hermann, 1926
Rhipidocephala thoracica Engel, 1946
Saropogon greatheadi Londt, 1997
Saropogon melampygus Loew, 1851
Saropogon pulverulentus Wulp, 1899
Scylaticus argyropus Engel, 1932
Sisyrnodytes major Adams, 1905
Stichopogon inconstana Wiedemann, 1828
Stichopogon inconstans Wiedemann, 1828
Systropalpus aurivulpes Hull, 1962

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Ethiopia
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
7
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
6
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatiinae
Hardy, 1927
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrigonomiminae
Enderlein, 1914
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