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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Kwazulu-Natal (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
568
7208
15765
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
565
7204
15757
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
537
7075
15500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
343
5723
13134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
91
998
2437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
72
787
1875
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
12
208
582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
6
135
420
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
66
206
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kwazulu-Natal
66 Genera with 206 Species
#ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTV
Afroestricus Scarbrough, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Afroholopogon Londt, 20053SpeciesTaxom
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Alcimus Loew, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 18585SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Anypodetus Hermann, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Astochia Becker, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Bactria Meigen, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Caenoura Londt, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Cerdistus Loew, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Choerades Walker, 19253SpeciesTaxom
Congomochtherus Oldroyd, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Connomyia Londt, 19252SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 186111SpeciesTaxom
Dasophrys Loew, 198112SpeciesTaxom
Dikowmyia Londt, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Dysclytus Loew, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Dysmachus Loew, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Eichochrysops1SpeciesTaxom
Emphysomera Schiner, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 195710SpeciesTaxom
Gonioscelis Schiner, 20046SpeciesTaxom
Heligmonevra calceoIaria ..., 2004
0SpeciesTaxom
Hermannomyia Oldroyd, 19621SpeciesTaxom
Hoplistomerus Macquart, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Hypenetes Loew, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Hyperechia Schiner, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Ischiolobos Londt, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1914Bee-like robber flies5SpeciesTaxom
Laphyctis Loew, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocnemus Loew, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Laxenecera Macquart, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Loewinella Hermann, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Melouromyia Londt, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Metommatius Hull, 1962
0SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 18587SpeciesTaxom
Millenarius Londt, 02SpeciesTaxom
Nannolaphria Londt, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 198526SpeciesTaxom
Neomochtherus Osten Sacken, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Nusa Walker, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Oligopogon Loew, 19705SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19369SpeciesTaxom
Pegesimallus Loew, 19078SpeciesTaxom
Perasis Hermann, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Philodicus Loew, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Proagonistes Loew, 18053SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1888Giant Robber Flies10SpeciesTaxom
Pygommatius Scarbrough &..., 20031SpeciesTaxom
Rhabdogaster Loew, 19743SpeciesTaxom
Rhacholaemus Hermann, 1907
0SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidocephala Hermann, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Saropogon Loew, 19411SpeciesTaxom
Scleropogon Loew, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Spanurus Loew, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 19743SpeciesTaxom
Synolcus Loew, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Trichardis Hermann, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Valiraptor Londt, 20022SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kwazulu-Natal
206 Species
Afroestricus chiastoneurus Speiser, 1910
Afroholopogon anassa Londt, 2005
Afroholopogon argos Londt, 2005
Afroholopogon aspros Londt, 2005
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Afromochtherus melanurus Londt, 2002
Alcimus longipes Macquart, 1838
Alcimus mimus Wiedemann, 1828
Alcimus stenurus Loew, 1858
Alcimus tristrigatus Loew, 1858
Ancylorhynchus cruciger Loew, 1858
Ancylorhynchus crux Bezzi, 1908
Ancylorhynchus magnificus Bromley, 1936
Ancylorhynchus tricolor Loew, 1863
Ancylorhynchus unifasciatus Loew, 1858
Andrenosoma cyrtophora Hermann, 1912
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Anypodetus nigrifacies Ricardo, 1925
Anypodetus unicolor Oldroyd, 1974
Astochia armata Becker, 1909
Bactria amastrus
Bactria rhopalocera Karsch, 1888
Caenoura annulitarsis Loew, 1858
Cerdistus vittipes Macquart, 1847
Choerades aureopilosa Ricardo, 1900
Choerades bella Loew, 1858
Choerades nigrescens Ricardo, 1925
Congomochtherus elferinki Londt & Tsacas, 1987
Connomyia leonina Engel, 1932
Connomyia varipennis Ricardo, 1925
Cyrtopogon laxenecera Bromley, 1935
Cyrtopogon leptotarsus Curran, 1923
Damalis achilles Londt, 1989
Damalis doryphorus Londt, 1989
Damalis femoralis Ricardo, 1925
Damalis heterocera Wiedemann, 1821
Damalis hirtiventris Macquart, 1846
Damalis hyalipennis Macquart, 1846
Damalis monochaetes Londt, 1989
Damalis pollinosa Ricardo, 1925
Damalis pulchella Bromley, 1952
Damalis speciosa Loew, 1858
Damalis venusta Bertoloni, 1861
Dasophrys androclea Walker, 1849
Dasophrys boslacus Londt, 1981
Dasophrys crenulatus Londt, 1981
Dasophrys dorattina Londt, 1981
Dasophrys fortis Londt, 1981
Dasophrys irwini Londt, 1981
Dasophrys loewi Londt, 1981
Dasophrys montanus Londt, 1981
Dasophrys nigroflavipes Hobby, 1933
Dasophrys oldroydi Londt, 1981
Dasophrys silvestris Londt, 1981
Dasophrys umbripennis Londt, 1981
Dikowmyia mediorus Londt, 2002
Dysclytus firmatus Walker, 1857
Dysmachus dasyproctus Loew, 1871
Eichochrysops mahallakoaena
Emphysomera pallidapex Bigot, 1891
Euscelidia brunnea Loew, 1858
Euscelidia longibifida Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia natalensis Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia notialis Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia procula Walker, 1849
Euscelidia pulchra Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia valida Loew, 1858
Euscelidia vallis Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia venusta Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia zumpti Janssens, 1957
Gonioscelis femoralis (Ricardo, 1925)⇒ Gonioscelis ventralis Schiner, 1867
Gonioscelis longulus Ricardo, 1925
Gonioscelis truncatus Oldroyd, 1974
Gonioscelis ventralis Schiner, 1867
Gonioscelis whittingtoni Londt, 2004
Gonioscelis zulu Londt, 2004
Hermannomyia engeli Hull, 1962
Hoplistomerus nobilis Loew, 1858
Hypenetes argothrix Londt, 1985
Hypenetes dorattina Londt, 1985
Hypenetes galactodes Oldroyd, 1974
Hypenetes stigmatias Loew, 1858
Hyperechia consimilis Wood, 1874
Hyperechia fuelleborni Grünberg, 1907
Ischiolobos mesotopos Londt, 2005
Lamyra gulo Loew, 1851
Laphria aureopilosa Ricardo, 1900
Laphria bella Loew, 1858
Laphria flavipes Wiedemann, 1821
Laphria fortipes Walker, 1857
Laphria philippinensis Enderlein, 1914
Laphyctis gigantella Loew, 1852
Lasiocnemus londti Dikow, 2007
Lasiocnemus lugens Loew, 1858
Laxenecera albicincta Loew, 1852
Laxenecera andrenoides Macquart, 1846
Laxenecera scopifera Speiser, 1910
Laxenecera sororcula Karsch, 1888
Leptogaster aganniphe Janssens, 1957
Leptogaster nitens Bromley, 1947
Leptogaster pictipennis Loew, 1858
Leptogaster tenuis Loew, 1858
Loewinella nigripes Engel, 1929
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Melouromyia natalensis Ricardo, 1919
Microstylum gulosum Loew, 1858
Microstylum lituratum Loew, 1863
Microstylum nigribarbatum Bigot, 1879
Microstylum pica Macquart, 1846
Microstylum rubripes Macquart, 1838
Microstylum rufinevrum Macquart, 1855
Microstylum validum Loew, 1858
Millenarius graminosus Londt, 2005
Millenarius woodi
Nannolaphria niger Londt, 1977
Nannolaphria nigra Londt, 1977
Neolophonotus albofasciatus Ricardo, 1900
Neolophonotus albopilosus Ricardo, 1920
Neolophonotus angustibarbus Loew, 1858
Neolophonotus annae Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus arboreus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus argyphus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus carorum Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus chubbii Bromley, 1947
Neolophonotus cuthberstoni Curran, 1934
Neolophonotus dichaetus Hull, 1967
Neolophonotus fimbriatus Hull, 1967
Neolophonotus gemsbock Bromley, 1936
Neolophonotus gravicauda Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus hobbyi Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus io Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus leucodiadema Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus marshalli Hobby, 1934
Neolophonotus nigripes Ricardo, 1920
Neolophonotus nigriseta Londt, 1985
Neolophonotus pellitus Wiedemann, 1819
Neolophonotus robustus Ricardo, 1922
Neolophonotus saxatilus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus spinosus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus variabilis Londt, 1986
Neolophonotus wroughtoni Ricardo, 1920
Neolophonotus zulu Londt, 1985
Neomochtherus natalensis Ricardo, 1919
Nusa infumata Loew, 1851
Nusa ingwavuma Oldroyd, 1974
Oligopogon argolagon Londt, 2014
Oligopogon ndumo Londt, 2014
Oligopogon penicillatus Loew, 1858
Oligopogon pollinosus Engel, 1932
Oligopogon superciliatus Oldroyd, 1970
Ommatius flavipes Loew, 1858
Ommatius fuscovittatua Ricardo, 1900
Ommatius macquarti Bezzi, 1908
Ommatius munroi Bromley, 1936
Ommatius ornatipes Becker, 1926
Ommatius politus Scarbrough &..., 2000
Ommatius pygommatius
Ommatius senex Bromley, 1936
Ommatius terminalis Bromley, 1936
Pegesimallus aulicus Wiedemann, 1828
Pegesimallus bulbifrons Londt, 1980
Pegesimallus calvifrons Londt, 1980
Pegesimallus fulvipennis Bromley, 1936
Pegesimallus laticornis Loew, 1858
Pegesimallus niger Bromley, 1936
Pegesimallus pedunculatus Loew, 1858
Pegesimallus silaceus Hermann, 1907
Perasis transvaalensis Ricardo, 1925
Philodicus dubius Ricardo, 1921
Philodicus tenuipes Loew, 1858
Proagonistes austeni Bromley, 1930
Proagonistes praeceps Walker, 1855
Proagonistes rufibarbis Fabricius, 1805
Promachus adamsii Ricardo, 1920
Promachus aequalis Loew, 1858
Promachus albicinctus Ricardo, 1900
Promachus amastrus Walker, 1849
Promachus fasciatus Fabricius, 1775
Promachus gossypiatus Speiser, 1910
Promachus negligens Adams, 1905
Promachus nicobarensis Schiner, 1868
Promachus obscuripes Ricardo, 1920
Promachus rex Karsch, 1888
Pygommatius pectinus Scarbrough &..., 2003
Rhabdogaster nitida Hull, 1967
Rhabdogaster pedion Londt, 2006
Rhabdogaster rustica Oldroyd, 1974
Rhipidocephala caffra Macquart, 1846
Rhipidocephala umbripennis Loew, 1858
Saropogon philocalus Seguy, 1941
Scleropogon neglectus Bromley, 1931
Scylaticus costalis Wiedemann, 1819
Scylaticus engeli (Bromley, 1947)⇒ Scylaticus lindneri Oldroyd, 1980
Scylaticus varipennis Ricardo, 1923
Scylaticus zonatus Loew, 1858
Spanurus tellinii Bezzi, 1906
Stichopogon irwini Londt, 1979
Stichopogon punctus Loew, 1851
Stichopogon umkomaasensis Oldroyd, 1974
Synolcus amnoni Londt, 1990
Synolcus dubius Macquart, 1846
Trichardis apicalis Oldroyd, 1974
Trichardis testacea Macquart, 1838
Valiraptor montanus Londt, 2002
Valiraptor silvestris Londt, 2002

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Kwazulu-Natal
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
8
50
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
16
35
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
11
44
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
14
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
3
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatiinae
Hardy, 1927
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
8
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrigonomiminae
Enderlein, 1914
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



Asilidae (Latreille 1802)
Asilidae (Latreille 1802)


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Asilidae at geller-grimm.de
Asilidae at artfakta.se
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Asilidae at gbif.org
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Asilidae at itis.gov
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