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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
352
2671
5038
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
351
2670
5037
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
343
2630
4959
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
220
1988
3673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
61
376
703
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
46
279
458
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
6
45
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
3
29
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
12
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Puerto Rico
12 Genera with 22 Species
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Atomosia Macquart, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Beameromyia Martin, 19971SpeciesTaxom
Cerotainia Schiner, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 17754SpeciesTaxom
Erax Scopoli, 19191SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Nerax Hull, 17753SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Proagonistes Loew, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Proctacanthus Macquart, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Townsendia Williston, 19261SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Puerto Rico
22 Species
Andrenosoma chalybeum Williston, 1885
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Atomosia danforthi Curran, 1935
Atomosia rica Curran, 1935
Beameromyia quaterna Scarbrough, 1997
Cerotainia sola Scarbrough &..., 2006
Efferia forbesi Curran, 1931
Efferia montensis Scarbrough &..., 2009
Efferia portoricensis Hine, 1919
Efferia stylata Fabricius, 1775
Erax portoricensis (Hine, 1919)⇒ Nerax portoricensis Hine, 1919
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Nerax forbesi Curran, 1931
Nerax portoricensis Hine, 1919
Nerax stylatus Fabricius, 1775
Ommatius falcatus Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius marginellus Fabricius, 1781
Ommatius monensis Scarbrough, 1984
Ommatius tibialis Say, 1823
Proagonistes ufens Walker, 1849
Proctacanthus danforthi Curran, 1951
Townsendia argyrata Curran, 1926

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Puerto Rico
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
4
6
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