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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Sicily (Italy)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
442
4789
12162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
439
4779
12141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
425
4738
12061
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
296
3753
9814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
71
561
1243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
53
432
927
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
81
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
5
44
139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
11
12
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sicily
11 Genera with 12 Species
Ancylorhynchus Berthold, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Antiphrisson Löw, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Asilus Linnaeus, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Cerdistus Loew, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Dasypogon Meigen, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neomochtherus Osten Sacken, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Pycnopogon Loew, 18471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sicily
12 Species and 1 Subspecies
Ancylorhynchus longicornis Schiner, 1867
Antiphrisson trifarius Löw, 1849
Asilus brevistylus Coquillett, 1898
Cerdistus erythrurus Meigen, 1820
Cerdistus zelleri Schiner, 1862
Dasypogon sicanus Costa, 1854
Dioctria (Dioctria) fuscipes Macquart, 1834
Leptogaster cylindrica (De Geer, 1776)⇒ Leptogaster guttiventris Zetterstedt, 1842
Leptogaster cylindrica cylindrica De Geer, 1776
Machimus (Machimus) dasypygus Loew, 1849
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Neomochtherus striatipes Loew, 1849
Pycnopogon fasciculatus Loew, 1847

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Sicily
SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
6
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
4
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