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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Monteverde Biological Reserve (Monteverde Canton, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
216
1835
1840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
216
1835
1840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
212
1830
1834
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
164
1663
1683
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
48
260
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
37
226
117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
5
35
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
2
20
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
16
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Monteverde Biological Reserve
16 Genera with 7 Species
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Amblyonychus Hermann, 1921
0SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Cerotainia Schiner, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Diogmites Loew, 1866
Hanging Thief Robber Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Eumecosoma Schiner, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Glaphyropyga Schiner, 1866
0SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1867
Gnat Ogres0SpeciesTaxom
Lastaurus Loew, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Philonicus Loew, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Monteverde Biological Reserve
7 Species
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Cyrtopogon leptotarsus Curran, 1923
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Neolophonotus leptostylus Londt, 1988
Neolophonotus zopherus Londt, 1986
Ommatius chrysopilus Oldroyd, 1972

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Monteverde Biological Reserve
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
6
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
4
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
3
1
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