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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Nicobar Islands (Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
83
183
252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
83
183
252
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
79
179
246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
51
132
188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
15
26
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
13
24
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
1
8
15
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
1
8
15
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
8
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Nicobar Islands
8 Genera with 15 Species
Astochia Becker, 18282SpeciesTaxom
Clinopogon Bezzi, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Emphysomera Schiner, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Maira Schiner, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1920Giant Robber Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Pygommatius Scarbrough &..., 19831SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nicobar Islands
15 Species
Astochia longistyla Wiedemann, 1828
Astochia longistylus Wiedemann, 1828
Clinopogon nicobarensis Schiner, 1868
Emphysomera nigra (Schiner, 1868)⇒ Ommatius nigra Schiner, 1868
Emphysomera spathulata Doleschall, 1858
Machimus nicobarensis Schiner, 1868
Maira aurifacies Macquart, 1848
Maira splendida Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Ommatius frauenfeldi Schiner, 1868
Ommatius niger Schiner, 1868
Ommatius nigra Schiner, 1868
Ommatius spathulatus Doleschall, 1858
Promachus nicobarensis Schiner, 1868
Promachus pseudomaculatus Ricardo, 1920
Pygommatius nicobarensis Joseph & Parui, 1983

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Nicobar Islands
SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatiinae
Hardy, 1927
1
1
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