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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Simcoe County (Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
314
1635
2295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
314
1635
2295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
296
1577
2193
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
210
1338
1910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
56
274
366
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
44
190
246
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
34
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
5
24
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
13
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Simcoe County
13 Genera with 15 Species
Afromochtherus Lehr, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Archilestes Selys, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtopogon Loew, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Dioctria Meigen, 18201SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1872Gnat Ogres1SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Nannocyrtopogon Wilcox & Martin, 19572SpeciesTaxom
Neoitamus Osten Sacken, 19092SpeciesTaxom
Psilonyx Aldrich, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 18231SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Simcoe County
15 Species
Afromochtherus megastylus Londt, 2002
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Archilestes grandis Rambur, 1942Great Spreadwing
Cyrtopogon vandykei Wilcox & Martin, 1936Tall dodder
Dioctria baumhaueri Meigen, 1820Hispid yellowcress
Efferia albibarbis Macquart, 1838
Holcocephala calva Loew, 1872
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Nannocyrtopogon nigricolor Coquillett, 1904
Nannocyrtopogon nitidus Wilcox & Martin, 1957Rope dodder
Neoitamus flavofemoratus Hine, 1909
Neoitamus terminalis Hine, 1909
Psilonyx annulatus Say, 1823
Stichopogon trifasciatus Say, 1823Three-banded Robber Fly

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Simcoe County
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
4
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
5
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
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