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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Newfoundland (Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
395
3116
5825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
395
3116
5825
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
375
3052
5693
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
274
2672
5143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
74
615
1164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
55
414
803
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
67
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
4
27
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
16
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Newfoundland
16 Genera with 21 Species
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 19422SpeciesTaxom
Brachyrhopala Macquart, 20003SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19231SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Eremisca Hull, 19641SpeciesTaxom
Holopogon Loew, 19591SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1838Bee-like robber flies3SpeciesTaxom
Laphystia Lapkystiella..., 19231SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18621SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Tipulogaster Cockerell, 18281SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Newfoundland
21 Species
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Archilestes californicus McLachlan, 1895California Spreadwing
Archilestes grandis Rambur, 1942Great Spreadwing
Brachyrhopala (Brachyrhopala) nigra Clements, 2000
Brachyrhopala (Brachyrhopala) ochracea Clements, 2000
Brachyrhopala scutellata Clements, 2000
Cyrtopogon leptotarsus Curran, 1923
Dioctria baumhaueri Meigen, 1820Hispid yellowcress
Eremisca dipogon Lehr, 1964
Holopogon stellatus Martin, 1959Mojave cleomella
Laphria posticata Say, 1824
Laphria scorpio Mcatee, 1919Purple bittercress
Laphria terraenovae Macquart, 1838Melonleaf
Laphystia actius Melander, 1923
Leptogaster flavipes Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Machimus erythocnemius Hine, 1909
Machimus sadyates Walker, 1849
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Tipulogaster glabrata Wiedemann, 1828

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

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBrachyrhopalinae
Hardy, 1926
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
5
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
1
2
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