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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
320
2218
3746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
318
2216
3744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
306
2167
3663
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
206
1748
3051
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
56
238
390
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
45
199
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
29
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
3
16
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
8
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Mauritius
8 Genera with 12 Species
Asilus Linnaeus, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Cophinopoda Hull, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Dasypogoninae1SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1838Bee-like robber flies4SpeciesTaxom
Notiolaphria Londt, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1868Giant Robber Flies1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mauritius
12 Species
Asilus dioctriaeformis Macquart, 1846
Cophinopoda matilei Tsacas & Art..., 1994
Dasypogoninae stigmatizans Fabricius, 1805
Dioctria stigmatizans (Fabricius, 1805)⇒ Dasypogoninae stigmatizans Fabricius, 1805
Laphria coerulescens Macquart, 1834
Laphria cyaneogaster Macquart, 1838
Laphria macra Bigot, 1859
Laphria submetallica Macquart, 1838
Notiolaphria macra Bigot, 1859
Ommatius albovittatus Wiedemann, 1824
Ommatius tarchetius Walker, 1849
Promachus nicobarensis Schiner, 1868

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Mauritius
SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
2
5
Genera
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