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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Kerala (South India, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
222
1660
3105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
222
1660
3105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
204
1569
2912
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
137
1258
2345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
30
131
240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
23
95
167
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
5
26
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
3
24
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
18
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kerala
18 Genera with 33 Species
Ammophilomima Enderlein, 1914
0SpeciesTaxom
Astochia Becker, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Clephydroneura Becker, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Cophinopoda Hull, 17941SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 19855SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1981Bee-like robber flies2SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19194SpeciesTaxom
Maira Schiner, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Michotamia Macquart, 19843SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19834SpeciesTaxom
Philodicus Loew, 19354SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomerodontina Joseph & Parui, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Saropogon Loew, 19992SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Xenomyza Wiedemann, 1817
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kerala
33 Species
Astochia pseudoguptai Joseph & Parui, 1987
Clephydroneura exilis Oldroyd, 1938
Clephydroneura oldroydi Joseph & Parui, 1995
Cophinopoda chinensis Fabricius, 1794
Damalis dubia Joseph & Parui, 1995
Damalis fabricii Scarbrough, 2005
Damalis indica Joseph & Parui, 1985
Damalis kottayamensis Joseph & Parui, 1995
Damalis rufoabdominalis Joseph & Parui, 1985
Laphria alternans Wiedemann, 1828
Laphria nathani Joseph & Parui, 1981
Machimus calicutensis Joseph & Parui, 1986
Machimus cinchonaensis Joseph & Parui, 1986
Machimus keralaensis Joseph & Parui, 1986
Machimus parvus Ricardo, 1919
Maira pseudoindiana Joseph & Parui, 1995
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Michotamia aurata Fabricius, 1794
Michotamia compedita Wiedemann, 1828
Michotamia fuscifemorata Joseph & Parui, 1984
Microstylum varshneyi Joseph & Parui, 1985
Ommatius indicus Joseph & Parui, 1983
Ommatius kodaikanalensis Joseph & Parui, 1995
Ommatius minor Doleschall, 1857
Ommatius tuberculatus Joseph & Parui, 1983
Philodicus chinensis Schiner, 1868
Philodicus indicus Joseph & Parui, 1991
Philodicus londti Joseph & Parui, 1991
Philodicus pruthii Bromley, 1935
Pseudomerodontina jayaraji Joseph & Parui, 1976
Saropogon hulli Joseph & Parui, 1981
Saropogon londti Parui, 1999
Stichopogon (Stichopogon) inaequalis Loew, 1847

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Kerala
SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
8
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
5
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatiinae
Hardy, 1927
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrigonomiminae
Enderlein, 1914
1
0
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