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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Senegal (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
338
3017
6558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
336
3014
6554
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
323
2967
6456
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
205
2384
5604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
57
335
686
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
45
270
417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
7
75
125
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
4
58
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
33
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Senegal
33 Genera with 45 Species
#ABCDEHLMNOPS
Afroestricus Scarbrough, 19272SpeciesTaxom
Alcimus Loew, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 1838
0SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Bactria Meigen, 1820
0SpeciesTaxom
Connomyia Londt, 19931SpeciesTaxom
Cophura Osten Sacken, 01SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Dasypogon Meigen, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Dasypogoninae1SpeciesTaxom
Dysmachus Loew, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Emphysomera Schiner, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Euscelidia Westwood, 20033SpeciesTaxom
Habropogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Hoplistomerus Macquart, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Hynirhynchus Lindner, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Hyperechia Schiner, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Laphria Meigen, 1847Bee-like robber flies1SpeciesTaxom
Laxenecera Macquart, 19192SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Microstylum Macquart, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Neolaparus Williston, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Oligopogon Loew, 20141SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Pegesimallus Loew, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Philodicus Loew, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Proagonistes Loew, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Promachus Loew, 1838Giant Robber Flies5SpeciesTaxom
Pygommatius Scarbrough &..., 20033SpeciesTaxom
Saropogon Loew, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Scylaticus Loew, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Sisyrnodytes Loew, 1856
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Senegal
45 Species and 1 Subspecies
Afroestricus fulaui Scarbrough, 2005
Afroestricus vittatus Curran, 1927
Alcimus limbatus Macquart, 1838
Asilus albitarsatus (Macquart, 1834)⇒ Promachus albitarsatus Macquart, 1834
Asilus scutellatus (Macquart, 1834)⇒ Promachus scutellatus Macquart, 1834
Connomyia perata Londt, 1993
Cophura brevicornis melanochaeta
Cyrtopogon laxenecera Bromley, 1935
Cyrtopogon leptotarsus Curran, 1923
Dasypogon atripennis (Macquart, 1834)⇒ Dasypogoninae atripennis Macquart, 1834
Dasypogoninae atripennis Macquart, 1834
Dysmachus dasyproctus Loew, 1871
Emphysomera flavipes Macquart, 1834
Emphysomera pallidapex Bigot, 1891
Euscelidia datis Walker, 1849
Euscelidia hesperia Dikow, 2003
Euscelidia senegalensis Dikow, 2003
Hoplistomerus serripes Fabricius, 1805
Hynirhynchus pantherinus Bigot, 1879
Hyperechia bomboides Loew, 1851
Laphria luctuosa Macquart, 1847
Laxenecera macquarti Oldroyd, 1980
Laxenecera niveibarba Hermann, 1919
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Microstylum rufianale Macquart, 1850
Microstylum rufinale Macquart, 1850
Neolaparus morio Bezzi, 1914
Neolophonotus chaineyi Londt, 1986
Oligopogon platypteron Londt, 2014
Ommatius canicoxa Speiser, 1913
Ommatius flavipes Loew, 1858
Pegesimallus moerens Wiedemann, 1828
Philodicus fraternus Wiedemann, 1819
Philodicus temerarius Walker, 1851
Proagonistes pliomelas Speiser, 1907
Promachus albitarsatus Macquart, 1834
Promachus fasciatus Fabricius, 1775
Promachus robertii Macquart, 1838
Promachus scutellatus Macquart, 1834
Promachus senegalensis Macquart, 1838
Pygommatius alatipes Scarbrough &..., 2003
Pygommatius bingeri Oldroyd, 1968
Pygommatius pectinus Scarbrough &..., 2003
Saropogon melampygus Loew, 1851
Scylaticus pantherinus Bigot, 1878

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Senegal
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
4
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
7
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
10
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOmmatiinae
Hardy, 1927
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
3
3
Genera
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