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


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
354
3756
9520
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
336
3683
9372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
216
2958
8177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
57
400
1005
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
41
289
617
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
63
166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
4
47
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
22
50
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Ghana
22 Genera with 50 Species
#ABCDEGHLMOPRS
Afroestricus Scarbrough, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Bactria Meigen, 1820
0SpeciesTaxom
Cheorades1SpeciesTaxom
Choerades Walker, 18055SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19351SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Emphysomera Schiner, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 18493SpeciesTaxom
Gonioscelis Schiner, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Heligmonevra calceoIaria ..., 19251SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1935Bee-like robber flies7SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Mesoleptogaster Frey, 1937
0SpeciesTaxom
Oligopogon Loew, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19363SpeciesTaxom
Philodicus Loew, 18516SpeciesTaxom
Proagonistes Loew, 18052SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1858Giant Robber Flies6SpeciesTaxom
Pygommatius Scarbrough &..., 20034SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidocephala Hermann, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Storthyngomerus Hermann, 18051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
50 Species
Afroestricus sadaukii Scarbrough, 2005
Afroestricus sankofa Scarbrough, 2005
Cheorades nigribimba Bromley, 1935
Choerades aureopilosa Ricardo, 1900
Choerades bipenicillata Bigot, 1891
Choerades consistens Curran, 1928
Choerades iola Bromley, 1935
Choerades lateralis Fabricius, 1805
Cyrtopogon laxenecera Bromley, 1935
Damalis complecta Oldroyd, 1968
Damalis scutellata Oldroyd, 1970
Emphysomera pallidapex Bigot, 1891
Euscelidia datis Walker, 1849
Euscelidia milva Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia procula Walker, 1849
Gonioscelis whittingtoni Londt, 2004
Heligmonevra occidentalis Ricardo, 1925
Lamyra vorax Loew, 1858
Laphria bipenicillata Bigot, 1891
Laphria consistens Curran, 1928
Laphria contristans Hobby, 1948
Laphria iola Bromley, 1935
Laphria lateralis Fabricius, 1805
Laphria nigribimba Bromley, 1935
Laphria ricardoi Bromley, 1935
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Oligopogon harlequini Oldroyd, 1970
Ommatius orus Oldroyd, 1968
Ommatius pallidapex Bigot, 1891
Ommatius pulchellus Bromley, 1936
Philodicus alcimoides Blasdale, 1957
Philodicus doris Curran, 1927
Philodicus flavipes Blasdale, 1957
Philodicus fraternus Wiedemann, 1819
Philodicus swynnertoni Hobby, 1933
Philodicus temerarius Walker, 1851
Proagonistes pliomelas Speiser, 1907
Proagonistes rufibarbis Fabricius, 1805
Promachus calcaratus Hobby, 1936
Promachus fasciatus Fabricius, 1775
Promachus mesorrhachis Hobby, 1936
Promachus robertii Macquart, 1838
Promachus simpsoni Ricardo, 1920
Promachus trichozonus Loew, 1858
Pygommatius bingeri Oldroyd, 1968
Pygommatius brevicornis Curran, 1927
Pygommatius pectinus Scarbrough &..., 2003
Pygommatius talus Scarbrough &..., 2003
Rhipidocephala morio Hermann, 1926
Storthyngomerus tridentatus Fabricius, 1805

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Ghana
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
6
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
5
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatiinae
Hardy, 1927
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
2
2
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