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Checklist for Family Asilidae Latreille, 1802 (Assassin flies)
and region Somalia (East Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
224
1873
3964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
223
1870
3961
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
214
1838
3889
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
139
1481
3302
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Diptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Flies, Gnats, Hoverflies, Mosquitoes, True flies
32
100
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Brachycera
Macquart, 1834
Circular-seamed flies, Muscoid flies, Short-horned flies
27
85
124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Asilomorpha
Rohdendorf, 1961
8
39
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Asiloidea
Latreille, 1802
Bee Flies, Therevids
4
34
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyAsilidae
Latreille, 1802
Assassin flies, Robber flies, Robber Fly, Robberflies
14
25
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Somalia
14 Genera with 25 Species
Gerrolasius Hermann, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Hoplistomera Macquart, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Hoplistomerus Macquart, 19106SpeciesTaxom
Lamyra Loew, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Lasiocnemus Loew, 20072SpeciesTaxom
Laxenecera Macquart, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Megaphorus Bigot, 18931SpeciesTaxom
Neolophonotus Engel, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Nusa Walker, 19153SpeciesTaxom
Philodicus Loew, 18922SpeciesTaxom
Rhipidocephala Hermann, 18631SpeciesTaxom
Robertomyia Londt, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Stenopogon Loew, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Trichardis Hermann, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Somalia
25 Species
Gerrolasius meridionalis Hermann, 1920
Hoplistomera serripes Fabricius, 1805
Hoplistomerus engeli Oldroyd, 1940
Hoplistomerus erythropus Bezzi, 1915
Hoplistomerus miniatus Oldroyd, 1940
Hoplistomerus pegos Londt, 2007
Hoplistomerus serripes Fabricius, 1805
Hoplistomerus zelimina Speiser, 1910
Lamyra greatheadi Oldroyd, 1974
Lasiocnemus fascipennis Engel & Cuth..., 1939
Lasiocnemus londti Dikow, 2007
Laxenecera pulchella Oldroyd, 1970
Megaphorus megachile Coquillett, 1893
Neolophonotus dubius Bezzi, 1892
Neolophonotus roberti Londt, 1990
Neolophonotus somali Londt, 1990
Nusa eos Londt, 2006
Nusa infumata Loew, 1851
Nusa vittipes Bezzi, 1915
Philodicus pallidus Blasdale, 1957
Philodicus pavesii Bezzi, 1892
Rhipidocephala semitestacea Loew, 1863
Robertomyia lavignei Londt, 1990
Stenopogon lehri Londt, 1999
Trichardis lavignei

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

Taxom

SubfamilyAsilinae
Leach, 1819
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyDasypogoninae
Macquart, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphriinae
Macquart, 1838
6
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLaphystiinae
Hardy, 1948
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLeptogastrinae
Schiner, 1862
Grass flies
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTrigonomiminae
Enderlein, 1914
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