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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Solomon Islands (Melanesia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
404
3626
6828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
404
3626
6828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
385
3550
6682
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
251
2836
5497
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
69
604
1318
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
54
499
887
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
10
73
130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
6
42
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
22
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Solomon Islands
22 Genera with 26 Species
#ABCDEHLMNOPST
Andrenosoma Rondani, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Apoclea Macquart, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Beameromyia Martin, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Brachyrhopala Macquart, 20004SpeciesTaxom
Chymedax Hull, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Clinopogon Bezzi, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Colepia Daniels, 18271SpeciesTaxom
Cophinopoda Hull, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Diogmites Loew, 1866
Hanging Thief Robber Flies0SpeciesTaxom
Efferia Coquillet, 1893
0SpeciesTaxom
Holcocephala Jaennicke, 1823Gnat Ogres1SpeciesTaxom
Leptogaster Meigen, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Machimus Loew, 1849
0SpeciesTaxom
Maira Schiner, 19365SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Myelaphus Bigot, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Ommatius Wiedemann, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Prolepsis Walker, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 1847
0SpeciesTaxom
Stichopogon Loew, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Triorla Parks, 18341SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Solomon Islands
26 Species and 1 Subspecies
Andrenosoma cyrtophora Hermann, 1912
Andrenosoma sarcophaga Hermann, 1912
Apoclea conicera Loew, 1856
Beameromyia vulgaris Martin, 1957MacBride cleomella
Brachyrhopala (Vespina) brunnea Clements, 2000
Brachyrhopala (Vespina) soluta Walker, 1861
Brachyrhopala soluta solomonis Clement, 2000
Brachyrhopala solomonis Clement, 2000
Chymedax delicatulus Hull, 1958
Clinopogon nicobarensis Schiner, 1868
Colepia ingloria Mac Leay, 1827
Cophinopoda garnotii Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Holcocephala abdominalis Say, 1823
Leptogaster crockeri Curran, 1936
Leptogaster obscuripes Loew, 1862Jone's globemallow
Maira hirta Meijere, 1913
Maira sodalis Walker, 1858
Maira splendida Guérin-Ménev..., 1831
Maira whitneyi Curran, 1936
Maira willowsi Curran, 1936
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Myelaphus lobicornis Osten-sacken, 1877
Neolophonotus zopherus Londt, 1986
Ommatius excurrens Wulp, 1872
Prolepsis tristis Walker, 1851
Stichopogon catulus Osten-sacken, 1887
Triorla interrupta Macquart, 1834

Subnodes of Asilidae with occurrences in Solomon Islands
SubfamilyApocleinae
Papavero, 1973
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
7
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyBrachyrhopalinae
Hardy, 1926
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
5
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyStenopogoninae
Hull, 1962
2
2
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