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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Gambia (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
290
2438
4344
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
289
2437
4343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
278
2394
4248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
182
1936
3686
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
48
267
394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
42
237
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
68
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
3
49
71
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
30
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Gambia
30 Genera with 27 Species
#ABCDEGHLMNOPRST
Afroestricus Scarbrough, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Alcimus Loew, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 1827
0SpeciesTaxom
Antiscylaticus Londt, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Bactria Meigen, 1820
0SpeciesTaxom
Cheorades1SpeciesTaxom
Cophura Osten Sacken, 01SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Dysmachus Loew, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 20034SpeciesTaxom
Gonioscelis Schiner, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Habropogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Heligmonevra calceoIaria ..., 19251SpeciesTaxom
Hoplistomerus Macquart, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Hynirhynchus Lindner, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1935Bee-like robber flies1SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19131SpeciesTaxom
Philodicus Loew, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Pygommatius Scarbrough &..., 20031SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidocephala Hermann, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Sisyrnodytes Loew, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Storthyngomerus Hermann, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Thallosia Oldroyd, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Trichardis Hermann, 19241SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gambia
27 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afroestricus fulaui Scarbrough, 2005
Alcimus limbatus Macquart, 1838
Antiscylaticus snowi Londt, 2010
Cheorades nigribimba Bromley, 1935
Cophura brevicornis melanochaeta
Cyrtopogon laxenecera Bromley, 1935
Dysmachus dasyproctus Loew, 1871
Euscelidia dorata Oldroyd, 1970
Euscelidia hesperia Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia procula Walker, 1849
Euscelidia pulchra Dikow, 2003
Heligmonevra occidentalis Ricardo, 1925
Hoplistomerus serripes Fabricius, 1805
Hynirhynchus pantherinus Bigot, 1879
Lamyra vorax Loew, 1858
Laphria nigribimba Bromley, 1935
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Neolophonotus chaineyi Londt, 1986
Ommatius canicoxa Speiser, 1913
Philodicus fraternus Wiedemann, 1819
Philodicus yirolensis Blasdale, 1957
Pygommatius pectinus Scarbrough &..., 2003
Rhipidocephala morio Hermann, 1926
Sisyrnodytes erebus Oldroyd, 1957
Storthyngomerus tridentatus Fabricius, 1805
Thallosia congoicola Oldroyd, 1970
Trichardis grisescens Engel, 1924

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Gambia
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
8
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatiinae
Hardy, 1927
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrigonomiminae
Enderlein, 1914
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