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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Parkland County (Edmonton Metropolitan Region, Alberta, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
292
1762
2596
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
290
1760
2595
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
276
1725
2530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
219
1514
2279
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
71
509
827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
53
356
602
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
48
63
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
3
24
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
16
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Parkland County
16 Genera with 20 Species
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19233SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Heteropogon Loew, 1934Tanglehead1SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1824Bee-like robber flies3SpeciesTaxom
Lasiopogon Loew, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 19371SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Martintella Artigas, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Rhadiurgus Loew, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Scleropogon Loew, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 18231SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Parkland County
20 Species
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Cyrtopogon auratus Cole, 1919
Cyrtopogon bimaculus Walker, 1851
Cyrtopogon inversus Curran, 1923
Efferia costalis Williston, 1885
Heteropogon wilcoxi James, 1934
Laphria asturina Bromley, 1951
Laphria janus Mcatee, 1919Purple bittercress
Laphria posticata Say, 1824
Lasiopogon aldrichii Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Lasiopogon trivittatus Melander, 1923Roadside false madwort
Leptogaster coloradensis James, 1937
Machimus erythocnemius Hine, 1909
Martintella lestes Williston, 1901
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Rhadiurgus variabilis Zetterstedt, 1838Northern robberfly
Scleropogon coyote Bromley, 1931
Stichopogon argenteus Say, 1823

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Parkland County
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
5
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
6
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
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