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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Okinawa Islands (Ryukyu Islands, Japan)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
315
2270
3117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
315
2270
3117
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
300
2213
3026
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
200
1827
2527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
35
174
311
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
26
93
120
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
3
26
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
2
25
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
20
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Okinawa Islands
20 Genera with 21 Species
Ammophilomima Enderlein, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Astochia Becker, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Choerades Walker, 1851
0SpeciesTaxom
Clinopogon Bezzi, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Cophinopoda Hull, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Damalis Fabricius, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Dicolonus Loew, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Eutolmus Loew, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1914Bee-like robber flies1SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 19174SpeciesTaxom
Maira Schiner, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Merodontina Enderlein, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821
0SpeciesTaxom
Orophotus Becker, 19251SpeciesTaxom
Proctacanthus Macquart, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1887Giant Robber Flies2SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 19831SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Okinawa Islands
21 Species
Ammophilomima rikioi Kuroda & Ohishi, 2019
Astochia philus Walker, 1849
Clinopogon sauteri Bezzi, 1910
Cophinopoda chinensis Fabricius, 1794
Cophinopoda oldroydi Tsacas & Art..., 1994
Damalis vitripennis Osten-sacken, 1882
Dicolonus argentatus Matsumura, 1916
Eutolmus polypogon Loew, 1848
Laphria remota Hermann, 1914
Leptogaster basilaris Coquillett, 1899
Leptogaster pilosella Hermann, 1917
Leptogaster spinulosa (Meijere, 1914)⇒ Leptogaster koshunensis Oldroyd, 1975
Leptogaster trimucronotata Hermann, 1917
Maira aterrima Harmann, 1914
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Merodontina silvatica Haupt & Azuma, 1998
Neoitamus fertilis Becker, 1925
Orophotus univittatus Becker, 1925
Promachus indigenus Becker, 1925
Promachus yesonicus Bigot, 1887Shioya-abu
Scylaticus sayano Nagatomi, 1983

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Okinawa Islands
SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
9
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
5
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
2
5
Genera
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